You're gonna land where???!

[HiFlyer 9,372]

😲

 

[hs118 724]

yikes that was scary!

[jmdriskell 178]

Stand by when he decides to get out of there.  Best bet is to remove the wings and haul it out on a flat bed.

[shivers9 1,174]

19 minutes ago, jmdriskell said:

Stand by when he decides to get out of there.  Best bet is to remove the wings and haul it out on a flat bed.

Nah...That was nothing. A real Pilot would have made that landing with no flaps. One thing for sure. If he were living in Texas he would have the biggest belt buckle in the state...LOL! Man I would be afraid to even walk down that "runway".....never wanted to be anywhere on this earth that bad!!!

[Chock 17,769]

I'd think twice at putting a chopper down in there, let alone a fixed wing aeroplane.

[The Flight Level 2,117]

He’s done that a few times before, that’s for sure. The landing gear is taking a fair beating also. In “Lycoming We Trust” above those tree tops 🙂

[DavidP 1,423]

The question remains "why?"

[Jethro 65]

He has just 3 mins to unload the contraband and be back in the sky.

[Chock 17,769]

1 hour ago, Jethro said:

He has just 3 mins to unload the contraband and be back in the sky.

However, on the plus side, no DEA pilots are prepared to fly where he goes, so if he takes off and goes to another airstrip, they'll have to chase him on horseback.

Of course taking off is going to be the hard part, because that first row of trees he went between on the landing took three feet off each wingtip.

Edited June 11, 2020 by Chock

[HighBypass 2,339]

I know the video wasn't the best quality, but the fact that he could spot the strip from the air, let alone land on it!! WOW! Yes, I want to see a takeoff from there!! 😎

14 hours ago, Chock said:

I'd think twice at putting a chopper down in there, let alone a fixed wing aeroplane.

I'd be wanting a Daisy Cutter kicked out the back of a C-130 prior to a chopper landing. 😉

[MarkW 1,500]

8 hours ago, DavidP said:

The question remains "why?"

Just a guess that its not exactly legal.

[jmdriskell 178]

Maybe not but it sure cleans out the underbrush and anything else within about a 1000 feet.

[HiFlyer 9,372]

1 minute ago, jmdriskell said:

Maybe not but it sure cleans out the underbrush and anything else within about a 1000 feet.

Pretty hard on the propeller when your plane doubles as a lawn mower........

[jmdriskell 178]

I recommend the book, "My Heart Is Africa: Three Years with the Flying Doctors" by Scott Griffin for real life adventures flying into undeveloped airstrips that must be similar to the road the guy above landed on.  In fact, the book is a very interesting read about a doctor who flew his Cessna 185 solo from Canada to Kenya.

[The Flight Level 2,117]

10 hours ago, HighBypass said:

I know the video wasn't the best quality, but the fact that he could spot the strip from the air, let alone land on it!! WOW! Yes, I want to see a takeoff from there!! 😎

I'd be wanting a Daisy Cutter kicked out the back of a C-130 prior to a chopper landing. 😉

I’ve watched the video a few times to try and pick up some visual landmark cues other than tree tops. Fairly narrow field of view in the video and I really can’t see anything other than trees. I assume there are visual cues from something other than trees if we had a wider field of view and from a higher altitude. If that was any part of a normal circuit it appears that we see the last bit of base to a very short final. As Jethro said, 3 minutes to unload or load contraband and then we’re out of here. Vegetation reminds me of Nicaragua or Columbia?