Cool video of a spin and deadstick landing over Southeastern OH in early November 2011. "Seat 'o yer pants aviation" from yesteryear and loads of fun!
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@klarue11 жыл бұрын
Private grass airfield, clear skies, pilot with over 60 years experience incl. 25 in USAF flying among others the U2 (re: the sailplane comment). Enjoy life.
@ScoutSniper31247 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the back of my Dad's Aeronca Champ, loved flying with him, though I did have a death grip on the fuselage tubing about half the time. We lived near Denver, and one day we flew up into the front range to visit a friend of his, along the way he did some aerobatics for my amusement. A few minutes short of the small strip my Dad looked back and told me to tighten my belt, I was about to ask why when I saw the prop stop, we had burned too much fuel on aerobatics and were empty. Dad landed us safely about half a mile short of the strip on a country road, and we pushed the plane to our destination, wouldn't trade those days for anything.
@WeNeedLoveAndTruth7 жыл бұрын
Your dad was good and both of you were lucky. A high school chum lost his twin brother in a motorcycle accident. Both boys had been riding since they were 12 years old. Tom is the lost twin, Tim, at age 60, said "You gotta be good, but you gotta be lucky, too." They would be 67 this year.
@nitemareman15 жыл бұрын
Great story! My father was a Marine aviator for 24 years. He's too old to carry passengers any more but he was an airline pilot for many years and is still a flight instructor for a major carrier. He got me flight lessons when I was about 16 but I never felt comfortable in an airplane unless HE was flying it. We rented Cessna's many times and explored islands off Okinawa Japan while he was still in the service.
@marcochavez114 жыл бұрын
OMG, I am reading each of you guys and is like l am watching with my own eyes, l was learning to fly in Dallas TX and to be honest that's the best part of my life, landing you can feel the adrenaline, l have a pair of Baron headsets red in color, l will try to get a new headset and l said new, brand new.
@kickingagainstthepricks40594 жыл бұрын
Ryan Taylor 😊 Priceless!
@jensongainer36963 жыл бұрын
Bad to the bone story. Crazy how time flies and you look back to how much you didn’t really know you had and the great people around you know.
@kgrimm8610 жыл бұрын
Have any of you people complaining about him shutting down a perfectly good engine on purpose EVER seen the great Bob Hoover's airshow routine? He shuts down BOTH engines on his Shrike then proceeds to do an abbreviated routine, lands and taxis to his parking spot to show what can be done with proper energy management. Sure, this guy may not be Bob Hoover but one doesn't have to be if he knows his airplane. This guy wasn't stupid or dangerous or foolish, he knew his plane and knew what he can do with it. Great Job!
@wyatt925637 жыл бұрын
kgrimm86 Bob Hoover is my favorite airman all time! Got to him demonstrate his airmanship at the Dayton Ohio international Airshow. AMAZING TALENT!
@shader262 жыл бұрын
Someone above also mentioned, it wasn’t a perfectly good engine, there was a fuel leak. He comments on the fuel coming out right at the beginning of the video. So it was necessary to cut the engine.
@MegaFPVFlyer8 жыл бұрын
Kills engine Successfully performs extremely tight skidding turn (tail out) Successfully comes out of extreme slip at ~50 ft AGL without straying from the runway's center Insanely smooth downwind touchdown Turns towards hangar with significant speed remaining (risky, if I understand taildraggers) Comes to a stop 50 ft from fuel pump: "I've ruined everything"
@tpowell4537 жыл бұрын
Still a stupid stunt. He could have rolled up to the house and stopped at the porch and it still would have been stupid.
@JH1200A17 жыл бұрын
Ima SuperPerson First thing is, that was not a stunt. It was a practice that every pilot should perform. Now, the only thing stupid was your comment.
@MegaFPVFlyer7 жыл бұрын
JH1200A1 To be totally fair, if an average pilot were practicing this, they would keep the engine idling and stay on the runway. (But that's boring)
@jamesoren72386 жыл бұрын
power off approaches should be part of most pilots regular practice. Granted most of us would just go to idle, but it's not like there's anyone else at the airfield... or by the looks of it a few miles around. Increased risk? a bit, but the kind of practice that saves lives. knew a CFI who's training story was that his instructor had a deal with the farmer who owned a paddock at the end of the runway, and he used to surprise his students with a "real" engine failure on takeoff to test them. Equal parts sad and very relieved my CFI never did that to me lol!
@ruialexandre61976 жыл бұрын
Kind of practice that saves lives and builds confidence.
@N221BP9 жыл бұрын
"I'm just gonna slip the hell out of it..." Sure did! Great flying here.
@babydaddy82246 жыл бұрын
I must’ve seen this vid like 20 times. For some reason always puts me in a good mood. Just the inherent cowboy nature of bush pilots gives me hope for humanity
@maynard40267 жыл бұрын
I love the old pilots with a zillion hours. They Know exactly how it works. The guy who taught me was 86 and he put me through this. Then I learned to fly a glider and dead stick is every time.
@bangoman26533 жыл бұрын
Amazingly skilled pilot knowing EXACTLY the performance and flight characteristics of his plane. Great video!
@Zues5327 жыл бұрын
No opinion on the decision to cut the engine, the guy clearly knows his aircraft. I just wanted to say that was a damn nice slip to landing!
@distar979 жыл бұрын
My old school instructor would frequently throw me a power-off landing. The most unique one was over the NJ Meadowlands heading back to LGA. My sole option was the NJ Turnpike! The newly built western spur south of the tolls was nearly ready to open for traffic. I was surprised when he let me continue and touch down for a few seconds. There were no signs, light poles or work vehicles. I mention all this because Carl reminds me of my instructor. He and many others were experienced WW2 or Korean war military pilots. They knew the best way to train was to put a bit of pressure on students.... but always with a smile. Real world experience works. To the hand wringers I contend it saves lives... not endanger them.
@Jamesbrown-xi5ih9 жыл бұрын
I like modern safety, but I do wish for the CAN DO of old as well. Very well said. Reminds me of when I read about WWII and pre WWII Naval Aviator Training and flying. (And of course, Nam era chopper skills) Modern aids can make us safer, but there is really no substitute for experience.
@davecrupel28174 жыл бұрын
My exact way of teaching things.
@jonathanbaird8109 Жыл бұрын
Not sure I agree. The reason the FAA stopped mandating spin training is because more people were dying practicing spins than dying from "actual" spins. I'm sure that sort of training helps those that survive, but is it worth all the other deaths to get there?
@apaulotroughtzmantz29143 жыл бұрын
The temptation to criticize his decision to cut the engine was immediately overturned when his obvious mastery of the aircraft was on full display! What a pilot!!
@NorthSaintPaulNews5 жыл бұрын
Wow! I soloed in a 1947 Aeronca Defender! Benson airport White Bear Lake Minnesota 1985. I did some similar things. Used to land on the Frozen lakes, land on the ice road going out to the ice houses.
@jimdavidson895510 жыл бұрын
The only way to learn dead stick landing is to DO dead stick landings. Well done!
@daffidavit5 жыл бұрын
The nice thing about doing this is C-150s is that you have a very good chance of restarting the prop. If the battery dies, you need at least 120 mph to get it windmilling again to restart.
@philipcovington19854 жыл бұрын
Great job landing that airplane dead stick 50 ft from the fuel pump is pretty good.
@davecrupel28174 жыл бұрын
Experience is the best teacher.
@jgmendes36643 жыл бұрын
Specially when the stick is not dead but the motor... Insane terminology not to say stupid !
@ericparent77948 жыл бұрын
I love at the end how he starts rocking back and forth trying to get the bird to creep closer to the pumps lol!
@skydive142410 жыл бұрын
Guys, he's not intentionally dead sticking an F-104 for heaven's sake...... It's an Aeronca Champ... The sweetest, friendliest little flying machine with the J-3.... Decades ago when I started off on gliders, they did it standard practice with C150's before solo. Mind you, the gliding performance with a standing prop is much better as opposed to a wind milling one. This was totally safe
@Justwantahover5 жыл бұрын
A windmilling prop holds you back cos it can put energy into a battery or even start a plane, the energy has to come from somewhere, it comes from your momentum and holds you back and in effect the whole disc of the prop is holding you back instead of a skinny "stick" when it's stopped.
@daffidavit5 жыл бұрын
Justwantahover True, a spinning prop has to turn the engine. A stopped prop turns nothing. Much energy saved.
@gregharper4913 жыл бұрын
@@Justwantahover Completely false. The surface area does not change, whether its spinning or stopped.
@gregharper4913 жыл бұрын
The idea that a standing prop is better has been thoroughly debunked. Its completely false. The surface area does not change if the prop is standing vs spinning.
@skydive14243 жыл бұрын
Greg Harper “thoroughly debunked”? How? Here’s a question for you. The lift force on a flying prop blade is, like any other airfoil, dependent on the airspeed (engine speed) and angle of attack; blade pitch vs forward speed. That lift force on the prop blades translate into thrust. When the airspeed is high and engine speed is low, the angle of attack is negative and the resulting negative lift on the blades translates in aircraft drag. Theoretically a zero drag situation can be achieved at one combination of airspeed and engine speed with a certain blade pitch. Anything else results in either thrust or drag. When a prop does not turn, the blade angle of attack is approximately 90 minus the blade pitch angle; well into the stalled range. What, do you think, gives more lift; a stalled airfoil or a flying one? So just saying that a standing prop has less drag that a spinning one is “debunked” is nonsense. There is a very narrow airspeed/engine speed band for a certain blade pitch where drag is less than a standing prop and it may well be outside the flight envelope of the aircraft. If you have actually flown with a standing prop you will notice that it has less drag than a spinning one at most airspeeds
@BrianQueen3 жыл бұрын
Just got off the phone with your Dad, who told me about this video...fantastic! He checked me out in that Champ at Taildragger...an experience I'll never forget. I flew there with John Slais in his v-tail Bonanza. What a trip it was!
@k9er2333 жыл бұрын
Love the slip... much like doing full throttle crossed-up power slides flat-track style on a dirt bike... my instructor in the Champ taught me the slip and my years of dirt-biking made it so easy and a lot of fun! Great flying, brought back a lot of memories...instructor pulls back throttle and holds it firmly..."power out, what are you going to do...do it now"...place to land, form a plan, set it up, take it down, slip it in...gives back throttle lever 50' AGL, no engine farts, go around and put it down... great training - great memories!
@kg4lzc3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Amazing. I need to find a CFI like this guy. The kid teaching me is ok...and perfectly competent, but THIS is the kind of pilot that needs to be in every flight school!
@NeitherLeftNorRight10 жыл бұрын
Amazing flying, obviously a seasoned veteran of the skies. He learned before automation took over much of the work load. Here's the guy you want to be with when the going gets tough.
@PedroSanchez-gt3xy10 жыл бұрын
big funny
@davidwhite86336 жыл бұрын
David Ekman I thought he did it quite competently. Notice how he deliberately kept high until reasonably short final so that he had more options on just where to put it on the field if unforeseen people ,planes, deer or whatever suddenly appeared in the touchdown area. My first instructor took me up to a safe height, stopped the engine, and made me dive it ,to start it up again. And-no-we didn’t go over redline! A C-150.
@LetsMars3 жыл бұрын
I prefer pilots that *don’t* intentionally sabotage the aircraft.
@Shade_Tree_Mechanic2 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars You prefer pilots that don't correctly train for emergencies?
@bobwarren38987 жыл бұрын
I have restarted a Champ (60hp Continental) at altitude by putting the nose down and getting enough airspeed to turn the prop enough to fire the engine. Not my favorite thing to do and only works if you're high enough. Love the Champ.
@theRealPinball6 жыл бұрын
I suspect he knew he could restart this way, as I too have many times, even with larger engines. Start with a dive for airspeed, then pull back hard G's which has turned the prop to start every time I have tried.
@lordofthewoods6 жыл бұрын
@ Bob: Excerpt from a comment I made just yesterday: My old man was in his Baby Great Lakes once, and had a shut-down due to carb icing (hand-prop engine). He dove straight at the ground, knowing, if all else failed, he could flare out at the end and land in the road. The prop made a couple of short arcs, then it finally kicked off. Note that he switched to a (Lake?) injector shortly thereafter : ) I didn't see it happen, but after he told me about it, I related the story to a friend at school who, it turned out, HAD seen the whole thing!
@stevekirby97973 жыл бұрын
Possibly a breach of V.N.E too huh?
@GrumpyOldMan22 жыл бұрын
@@theRealPinball Common way to restart a Tiger Moth, (Gypsy Major) engine.
@theRealPinball2 жыл бұрын
@@GrumpyOldMan2 yup. And much preferred to hand propping at altitude. 😁
@codyking48488 жыл бұрын
Guys are nuts.... but the man on the stick is one hell of a pilot. Awesome.
@jamessaintjames64888 жыл бұрын
Quite the contrary, he's an idiot and a dangerous one at that.
@outwiththem7 жыл бұрын
So because you cant work out at the Gym I should stop too???..try that in person..punch to your nose..Dont insult this good pilot..dam coward..
@hyedenny7 жыл бұрын
Stupid analogy. Working out at the gym doesn't kill passengers, and doesn't break federal regulations.
@theherbman30307 жыл бұрын
lol what regulations did he break. have you ever heard of a glider plane?
@RogerPrintz7 жыл бұрын
"one hell of a pilot", if he had done what he planed to do, I might agree with you, but he didn't. It was a stupid stunt.
@rcbif1017 жыл бұрын
If you are a pilot commenting here and think this is dangerous or outrageous, you really need to spend some time in a glider. We do this all the time and somehow manage to survive ;). Infact, with the lowest performing gliders, we are about down the the glide slope this guy has while in the pattern. It's all about managing your energy.
@LetsMars3 жыл бұрын
Rcbif I’m not a pilot. There is no excuse for intentionally sabotaging your vehicle, especially with a passenger on board. Killing his prop created a more dangerous situation than the situation that had existed up to that point. No matter how small the degree, this shows a disregard for safety and should not be encouraged. Arguments that I’m not a pilot, and thus somehow don’t understand common sense or safety protocol will not be considered. Edit: If you read the comments from real pilots, this guy apparently blew a fuel line and preformed a forced landing.
@rcbif1013 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars - I now have over 50 hours in the same airplane as in this video and many more in gliders. Still not phased by this situation. Hold my stance that only those too comfortable with engines dragging them around are unnerved by this video.
@envitech023 жыл бұрын
I've not done dead stick landings before but many times I've practised Forced Landings on C172. Engine idle, 60 KIAS best glide speed, full harness on, look for suitable landing area, Mayday call, turn to line up and approach, flaps as necessary. 200 ft, then wham full power! Positive rate, flaps up, and away we go! Always Aviate, Navigate and Communicate! In that order!
@RobertSeviour13 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars 'There is no excuse for intentionally sabotaging your vehicle, especially with a passenger on board.' Early in flight training you are taught what precipitates stalls and spins and you learn- by -doing how to correct them. That 'intentional sabotage' is vital so that the pilot is capable of reacting competently should such conditions occur in an emergency. Take a few lessons yourself and maybe you will understand the issue and realise that your choice of the word 'sabotage' is inappropriate.
@rcbif1013 жыл бұрын
@Alan formula1 Yes, and power off approaches all the time in the Champ. Ya, not the same as dead stick, but fairly close. I've got the Champs energy managment down to a tee, and almost never need to add power.
@autonomousindividual77803 жыл бұрын
Its gonna be sad when all those gutsy older fellas are gone. Im 47 now but even as a kid I always loved being around them. Somehow had more life in them then someone 30 or more years younger. I guess some of the hardship they endured makes them value life and enjoy it when times are good. Great to watch.
@toddsin86113 жыл бұрын
I watch this occasionally, not necessarily for the maneuvers, but for the man. A man that while obviously an expert aviator (the super slip transition at 20 ft AGL to a soft as a pillow touch down on a rarely used grass strip more than proves this) doesn’t take himself to seriously and without a question loves to fly. I do not know him other than this video but would suffice to say he is just as happy in that champ as in a U-2, and more than flying itself, loves to share the wonders of flight with others. I hope to be half the man he is someday.
@glenmaxwell29355 жыл бұрын
That is a great video!! Now a little story: a friend was doing loops in a J-3 over a pasture. At the top of the loop the A-65 would quit and he landed in the pasture, got out and restarted. climbed in and continued to practice loops. In the adjacent pasture was a farmer plowing his field. As my friend landed for maybe the 5th time he noticed the farmer had stopped his tractor and walked over to ask him if he was practicing dead stick landings. My friend explained what he was doing and the farmer suggested that next time, after finishing his loop, he should put the nose down and get up dome airspeed and quickly roll the plane to the left to start the engine.,"don't frap the prop, frap the airplane". My friend asked him if he really thought that would work? The farmer shrugged his shoulders and as he turned to walk away he said "It works on P-51s". My friend tried it and sure enough it worked! Since you a comfortable with shutting down your engine why not give it a try and report back with a video. BTW it worked on my half VW powered mini max as well. Thanks again for sharing that video!
@2213403 жыл бұрын
That's great! What are the odds you're landing next to an old P-51 farmer on a tractor. I grew up flying a 46 7AC Champ. Nothing more fun!
@Nightwolf3238 жыл бұрын
For all the people who are calling this a stunt, IT IS. The credits at the end literally say "stunt pilot..."
@macworks93893 жыл бұрын
First airplane I ever flew at 14. I was also learning to fly gliders at the time. I went up with my instructor an F-101 pilot and we shutdown the engine and he gave me a great lesson on flying the aircraft. We actually gained altitude in a thermal. Great confidence builder.
@Breakstuff455khz2 жыл бұрын
At first I thought this was a home video from the 90's, just had all old school charm. Great video, makes me wanna learn to fly.
@donaldkeith52426 жыл бұрын
Excellent practice of required skills! Some people watch too much TV. Planes don’t spiral uncontrollably to the ground just because of an engine failure. That Champ is a natural floater. I’d love to take lessons from this pilot. 👍🏻
@mikah40515 жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing flying. Hats off to the pilot and camera man. I was nervous just watching the footage. There was zero room for error.
@corvette72410 жыл бұрын
He had every second control of the situation,if i may to say this. Sideslip perfect like we glider Pilots did it with the vintage airplanes. Respect. I met another guy like him and we had a lot of pretty flights in old Biplanes. Thumb Up, i love this Video.
@adamhausmann39699 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Stayed calm and talked through the whole ordeal. Even though he was right over the strip, ELPs can go very wrong very quickly. That was awesome and perfectly executed.
@yeahboi302210 жыл бұрын
THIS GUYS A OLE SCHOOL AVI8TOR...I LOVE IT...HELL OF ALOT BETTER THAN TOP GUN
@flyswryan2 жыл бұрын
A kid I used to fly with learned to fly gliders before graduating to the family Champ. At 17, he took his checkride for his Private in her. The engine had been overhauled about 30 hours earlier, so was still pretty tight. The examiner pulled the throttle back to idle and said, "Okay, your engine just quit. Find a place to land and set up to land there, we'll throttle back up when we're about 100 feet up." Just then the carb iced up and the wee A65 quit. "Well, it looks like we'll be doing this for real..." Then the kid felt the lift of a thermal and circled around back into it, rode it up to about 7000 feet, and said, "I think were high enough to make it back to the airport now." They glided back, landed, rolled right up to the pumps, and came to a stop. The examiner got out and literally kissed the ground, got back on his feet and looked at his checklist. "There's a lot of things on this list we didn't get to. Since you can do what you just did, I'm confident you can do everything on this list. I'm signing you off right now."
@xBloodXGusherx6 жыл бұрын
You can't hate on a guy who knows his shit. This is awesome.
@TheLucas26967 жыл бұрын
That was one hell of an aggressive slip, impressive!
@patbaxter65887 жыл бұрын
First class flying. Enjoyed your quiet calmness in this situation!
@Guywithcrazyideas10 жыл бұрын
Master of machine and environment. Bravo!
@JimForeman7 жыл бұрын
Back when.... no airshow was complete without a stopped prop landing. Bob Hoover used to do that at every airshow.... in an Aero Commander with both engines dead.
@williamsteele5 жыл бұрын
And then do a full airshow routine using his energy alone... including loops and rolls. It was awesome!
@billpennock85855 жыл бұрын
William, I was about to say the same thing. He'd kill the engine then dive for the ground, gain a bunch of speed and do at least a loop and a huge barrel role. Then an abbreviated pattern and land and end up facing the crowd right where the plane was started before the show. Now THAT was a hell of a pilot. This guy is good but not nearly as great as many of the people here seem to think. Not to disparage him but anyone flying an Aeronca regularly should be able to do the same thing.
@wagnergitirana3 жыл бұрын
Experience is everything! Nicely done!👍🏻
@tmcgee65388 жыл бұрын
that side slip right before touchdown, fucking ace of a pilot. KUDOS
@bruce23578 жыл бұрын
+T McGee It's a forward slip. A side slip is when you have a crosswind and lower the upwind wing and use rudder to keep the nose lined up with the runway as you are touching down.
@checkyoursix56235 жыл бұрын
The A-7AC Champ doesn't have a "starter" like many other aircraft of that era ... you have to hand prop it from outside the cockpit. That's why the pilot said he couldn't start it once it had stopped ... great job of making the number of landings equal to the number of takeoffs ...
@RogerPrintz7 жыл бұрын
Times change, it used to be that was part of the training. times change. As a CFI I would never shut down an engine. The reason we stopped training like that in the good/bad old days was that the number of low time student pilots that fell short, not just of the pump as he did, but of the entire field.
@archangel64568 жыл бұрын
I learned to fly gliders.......easy day. just no glide ratio with that thing WELL DONE
@jamessaintjames64888 жыл бұрын
Totally different animal
@outwiththem7 жыл бұрын
No, just drops faster..but glides too..dummy..
@billpennock85855 жыл бұрын
Not very different at all from a 2-22c (yes that's old)
@ariane119707 жыл бұрын
What a coooool man :-) Hat off and even happy flying ....
@Metrofarquhar6 жыл бұрын
Insanely cool! As a low time pilot from forty years ago, it was better for me to watch this on KZbin than to actually be in the back seat. I'd need a change of underwear! I used to fly the Champ, but never like this. It wasn't clear to me why the pilot did not do an upwind landing, though.
@davidjose98084 жыл бұрын
Escape Velocity ....upwind left him closer to the pump end of the field?
@JimPfarr7 жыл бұрын
He must be an old fighter pilot because he knows exactly what he's doing with energy management and spatial orientation in relation to the field, the wind, and his aircraft. That final slip to landing was great! At first I was thinking this looks like a stupid maneuver but as I watched I gained a huge amount of respect for his piloting skills. Nicely done - but definitely not for the amateur pilot.
@tpowell4537 жыл бұрын
You don't have to be a fighter pilot to know how to land a plane dead-stick. Good pilots practice this procedure often. More often, in fact, than fighter pilots. That does not excuse this particular pilot's stupidity, however. He made a very bad choice.
@JimPfarr7 жыл бұрын
What about "old fighter pilot" did you not understand? I consider a fighter pilot to be a highly trained professional, and and old pilot would be that individual who gathered extensive experience in successfully applying their high level of professionalism over and over again. Most GA pilots I know have just a smattering of both, and I know very few who practice (or simulate) dead stick landings. This pilot neither made a bad choice nor was stupid in my humble estimation - thank God we live in America because we all have the right to our opinions.
@williamsteele5 жыл бұрын
I fail to see the bad choice. Demonstrating the known capabilities of the plane??? Does that mean that test pilots are stupid people too? They do much worse to document the limits.
@Bigalinjapan7 жыл бұрын
I think you got your movie... Haha, awesome cool.
@mark0313639 жыл бұрын
I would intentionally keep a bottle of Jack under the seat.
@mraleperez798 жыл бұрын
Very nice landing!!! perfect side slip, great pilot!!!
@tappan488 жыл бұрын
No doubt sailplane experience!
@wanaraz7 жыл бұрын
This pilot is the definition of COOL!!!! I want to be with him if my plane is going down.
@mph79 жыл бұрын
Great flying Mr..fun to watch.
@JimForeman10 жыл бұрын
Actually, there's more drag with a windmilling prop than a dead engine. A full deadstick landing was one of the things that people had to do in my confidence course. as well as a landing somewhere other than an airport. They had to select a field and land in it to a full stop. Jim F, CFI both airplane and glider
@danno027 жыл бұрын
I dont know anything about flight, but Id trust this guy any day.
@garychynne13774 жыл бұрын
50 years ago in a champ i was on final, had carb heat on but power off. it was about 32 degrees and when i cracked the power all i saw was the prop. i just made it but never fully took the power off again. leave er tickin over kid. have fun
@iflyc7710 жыл бұрын
Totally safe and practical to do under the right situations and with the right precautions. Obviously this guy knew what he was doing and took those measures. Have all of the ERMAHGERD NO ENGUN people here ever heard of gliders? Same shit.
@cjracer100010 жыл бұрын
Gliders are made for gliding, that's not a glider.
@iflyc7710 жыл бұрын
cjracer1000 it is once you shut the engine down! Same thing. Arguably even safer than a glider because you do actually have an engine your can restart right? It would have required an exchange in kinetic and potential energy in something without an electric system like this champ though of course.
@psyience321310 жыл бұрын
cjracer1000 guess what, even a 737 is meant to glide... It's a fucking plane.
@cjracer100010 жыл бұрын
Guess what, I'm a pilot. It's not "meant to glide" it's meant to fly powered, that's why it's a powered airplane. It can glide, but that's not what it's made for.
@psyience321310 жыл бұрын
It's powered because of thermo-dynamics. If a 737 loses both engines it can safely glide to an airport, and that's not by chance.
@BadIdeas1016 жыл бұрын
That was some genuine old fashion barnstorm style hijinks right there
@nerblebun3 жыл бұрын
From the time I was 10 years old til about 14, I spent many, many hours in the backseat of my Uncle Ed's Aeronca Champ. We flew all over California in that little 65hp air-knocker. After a fuel attendant at SAC Metro put on the wrong fuel-cap (vented), the plane ran out of fuel about ten miles out of Healdsburg, Ca. My heart skipped a few but we had enough altitude for Uncle Ed to just glide her in for a perfect deadstick landing. Refueled, ate lunch, then straight back to SAC Metro where Uncle Ed almost choked the attendant unconscious.
@edmilton7386 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@johnfife30623 жыл бұрын
Great vid, Kev.
@JessHull7 жыл бұрын
I like how quite it got when he shut the engine off. More people should do that when they record a flight.
@Prairie777710 жыл бұрын
Well done and very enjoyable! Ain't nothin' like a taildragger!!!!!
@eastendmafia17733 жыл бұрын
“You see I’ve never tried this with a tailwind...screws everything up”
@joancarles28367 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! perfect landing !!
@Danroxye019 жыл бұрын
I loved that ! reminds me of Bob Hoover air show performances.
@The_Touring_Jedi4 жыл бұрын
The best deadstick video online 4 ever!
@randyjustice948510 жыл бұрын
thats what they mean by old guys rule lol ... nice job sir...
@distar979 жыл бұрын
randy justice An old adage applies here: "There are no old bold pilots". Note this guy is older. I'd fly with him.
@6346n10 жыл бұрын
That was fun. Good exercise. The prop can be "restarted" in flight, however, by "windmilling" it. You just dive it and it will start right up. However you will also get a better glide with it stopped. Almost made it to the hanger! Tee hee!
@bangs45515 жыл бұрын
Congrats on the dead-stick landing. Old glider pilot here; we do it all the time; good training.
@notpoliticallycorrect3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! That pilot is good!
@jonathanhankins83566 жыл бұрын
"I'm just gonna slip the hell out of it..." Flies the plane in backwards / upside down, and still sticks the landing lol.
@rccrashburn8 жыл бұрын
Excellent dead-stick Sir !!!
@halnwheels9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a fun ride.
@robinwier4 жыл бұрын
Was a backseat passenger in an Aeronca, back about '54. Memory is very fuzzy, but I think the backseat had (at least) foot pedals and a stick between the knees.
@wb6she9 жыл бұрын
Yep, just a steep dive, the wind will crank it, I've also done it, but in a Taylor Craft..
@61SQD11 жыл бұрын
YEEAAAAAH BABY........nice one carl, flying fun at its best and as for 50ft short, the short walk to the gas pump gives time to reflect on the moments just past.
@jreed1701d9 жыл бұрын
It's amazing all the people who quite obviously don't know anything about aviation making comments.
@Wayfaring_Stranger17 жыл бұрын
Ok ... so, see that bolt hanging down? Woops, there it goes! Now, once that wing is gone I can't get it back, can't re-attach it in flight. So, I gotta get in position here ... I've never tried to land with one wing before ... not with a tailwind... Any landing you can walk away from ...
@steveboyle58257 жыл бұрын
LMAO! Yep, nailed it!
@FriendlyFlier3 жыл бұрын
Nicely executed stunt!
@javiador60211 жыл бұрын
AWESOME pilot. Wild and free with knowledge. I want to fly with you carl!!
@horses2by3 жыл бұрын
Awesome pilot
@sdcoinshooter4 жыл бұрын
Dead stick, no chance of restart, and he is worried about having enough energy to roll up to the gas pumps(?)(!). He is either an exceptional pilot or absolutely insane. Maybe both
@stlouisorg5 жыл бұрын
That was really cool!
@JosAugust9 жыл бұрын
Experience is Experience!
@kentuckyblugrass5 жыл бұрын
Two words you never want to hear from your pilot..."Oh Oh". 🙏👏👍
@AnsleyBrook8 жыл бұрын
For you people who think you're pilots who are trashing this guy - if you can't do this every time in the aircraft you fly most - go back to playing video games. He had so much spare altitude it was crazy. He was right over the field the whole time. For those of you who think this is adventurous, I would recommend you get back out and land on some grass and fly some approaches that aren't 747 style. THIS is flying. If it scares you stay home.
@tysamuels8 жыл бұрын
Good for him but not with a passenger.
@davetonks11688 жыл бұрын
+AnsleyBrook yeah m8 - I fly a Drifter - every landing is deadstick (well, zero throttle from end of downwind leg anyway) - best stick and rudder aircraft that ever flew....
@cyclonedrums8 жыл бұрын
+AnsleyBrook wow...your so cool man! hehe
@pingpongpung8 жыл бұрын
*you're
@truthteller19148 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Read my comment above.
@stag3t-muspsa9105 жыл бұрын
Great skills....and a great pilot
@casams19927 жыл бұрын
This dude has been flying longer than most of you have been alive. Keep on keepin on keyboard warriors
@sleeperno12153 жыл бұрын
That is a pilot there, sir. 50 ft? That was perfect in my book.!
@GuyOnTwoWheels9 жыл бұрын
Looks fun !
@themtoniraniremaxbroker24478 жыл бұрын
What a Guy!! Sure They Don't Make them Any More!! Respect and Blessings!!
@RoboTekno9 жыл бұрын
That must have been more exciting than any roller coaster ride, I bet. Haha
@straightfacts50438 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing landing
@andrewnewman6451 Жыл бұрын
Wow!!...impressive...especially as that thing obviously has the glide ratio of an elevator with a cut cable !
@KCdurt6 жыл бұрын
That's some great flying! Not a bad idea to practice dead stick so you're not dropping bricks when it happens for real. It's hard to fly by the seat of your pants if they're full of poo.
@spikewsspe10 жыл бұрын
After reading all the comments, I have to say, Good Vid. I started in a Cessna 150 in 1974.