Kind of a crazy video. Not sure what country it was taken in. Pilot comes in really fast & low with some near 90-degree banking in the pattern. Maybe a performance at an air show for vintage planes? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NEOwDwapk]Crazy Pilot must see!! - YouTube[/ame]
Here's the video shot from the cockpit, I think so anyway. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPGSzLhCKlc]Crazy Airplane Landing Captured On Video - YouTube[/ame]
That awesome. Back when I was training for my PPL, my instructor and I use to go up real early in the morning and practice similar landings. We did tons of simulated losses of power in the pattern where we literally dive bombed whatever runway was accessible. Obviously we never tried the impossible turn, but it wasn't uncommon for him to pull the throttle on the downwind leg and we'd dive bomb one of the other runways that we were closest to. Many of the landings looked exactly like the one in the video, except for a much steeper decent. He wouldn't ever tell me when he was going to pull out power or where to land it after he did. It was just pull the throttle all the way back and let me figure it out from there. The tower was always accommodating when we were the only ones in the pattern and I was always thankful for that training. There weren't many instructors who did that. Mark
I used to "dive bomb" for the runway too, only it was in a glider and a hoot to do especially once the spoilers were added. Microbursts during such maneuvers were NOT fun!
I did find out that this took place in Portimao, Portugal in 2011. The aircraft is a Dornier Do 28D registered in Hungary.
This was posted here before. The story was that the pilot could beat his parachutists to the ground. In the second video, you see them jump out at the beginning, and you see them as he lands at 3:45.
Not unusual... see landings like that all the time. Really seem to be the standard landing. Have 2 gliderports and a skydiving operation not far away.
busy TCA s have high performance arrivals to over the airport at 5000' +, approach turns one over to the tower for landing when turning on base leg or straight in... I like to take the performance approaches when available, it eliminates a lot of vectoring and sequencing with other traffic in the TCA... it is a bit unnerving visually to some not accustomed to the steep high rate decents, but actually is very nice... just slow the plane down to flap and gear speeds and proceed to land...
Watched the 2 videos above. That's not a crazy pilot. He is "one" with his aircraft, pinpoint accuracy and smooth. Flawless hard bank turn into the runway, that guy is fully aware of his positioning without even thinking about it. Now, there may be a bit of a disagreement as to whether or not that meets *sniff* 'proper aviator approach guidelines' But with nobody in the pattern, pavement all to himself, who cares. I'd fly with him. This pilot on the other hand, is s--- nuts. I would not fly with him. These are high risk stunts that need to go right every time, otherwise he's bought the farm. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RkXaxQLXDY]Crazy Air Show Stunt - YouTube[/ame]
As a side note, The parents of my best friend from high school have a house about a kilometer away from that airport. I've had some great times in Portimão.
If I remember correctly... Bob Parks and another guy did a routine (clowns?) years ago that was along those lines... They disguised the plane to look decrepit though... if I'm remembering correctly.
Thank you for remembering us. We invented the One Aileron Clown Act in 1967 and had a blast performing in front of many in many air shows. Our most enjoyable was at Abottsford, Canada in 1967 where we had people screaming at a progressing disaster and then laughing at being " snockered" by a couple of idiots. Our act has been copied many times but I don't think it was done with the flare of bringing the airplane out when it looked like it it been in a crash into the sage brush and then actually flying it after the right aileron had fallen off 6 times in between other acts. The aileron that was finally installed was a styroform fake that was rigged to be triggered off when the airplane took off ACROSS the runway. Then it went into a full aerobatic routine at 900 feet that included square loops, snap rolls, barrel rolls, and some other unidentifiable contortions. We had more fun than anybody there. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I didn't fly the airplane in the shows because I didn't get a waiver to do so. I was a single father at the time with 4 little boys under my wing and I felt that it was unwise to push it that much. The airplane flew better than it looked. Roll rate was slower and a bit sloppy but everything else was doable. The guy on the right in the picture was Chuck Driskell, the pilot. We eventually flew the Champ with one aileron missing as well as half the elevator and no door but the drag was almost too much especially if the upper cowl was off. The last show saw the world's first aerial laundry pick up, a la Art Scholl's ribbon pick up , but the drag of the clothes line almost pulled the Champ to a mid air stop, so we dropped that idea.
