How Much Runway for a Dash 7? | EPIC Takeoff & Landing in Northern Canada! | Air Tindi | RARE

Join us for another thrilling video, showcasing the impressive capabilities of our de Havilland Dash 7. Based in Yellowknife, NWT, we operate the largest fleet of Dash 7s in the world.
Watch as our Dash 7 demonstrates its remarkable runway performance in Northern Canada! See how much distance this incredible aircraft needs for takeoff and landing, and experience its exceptional Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) abilities, delivering people and cargo to some of the most remote areas in Canada.
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[@ThePaulv12]

It's amazing they got off in 600' with a 105 piece symphony orchestra on board.

[@Flyairtindi]

😂

[@peteaplin8324]

😅😅😅 a shoehorn can work miracles in northern climes!

[@milesdee1806]

Beautiful I must say. Perfect music background too. But WHAT??? 600ft outbound and 650 ft. inbound? Both with 10,000 lbs. cargo? Wowza! What a beautiful beast!

[@lawrencerose5558]

I flew the Dash-7 at Air Wisconsin, around 3000 hours. It’s a great airplane. All the pilots loved her!

[@happycanayjian1582]

She’s a bit too niche and slow af, but yes, cool plane altogether.

[@user-wy6mo1vr8t]

props=slow landing and fast takeoff...jets suck in that way:)

[@davidperry3257]

A 600 foot takeoff run is unbelievable! But seeing is believing.🇨🇦

[@mikeoreilly4020]

In the late 1970's, I came out of an MD-80 as a first officer and bid for a captain's slot in the Dash7. Got sent to Toronto for training and, with the chief pilot and another pilot, brought the aircraft to Hawaii from Toronto, with the addition of in-aircraft fuel tanks, of course. I flew for more than 30 years, and the Dash 7 was the most fun aircraft I ever piloted, you could just do anything with it.

[@timothystark4475]

Yeah. I once boarded TWA Dash 7 commuter plane at National Airport in DC area for going to JFK airport. It taxied to the short runway for takeoff. It rolled a few feet across then lifted off!

[@Rainhill1829]

DeHaviland baby!

[@jeffreyhall6345]

I had a couple of Dash 7 flights in Denmark. Maersk Air, probably 1970s. Followed by a flight back to Blighty in a DC8. Wonderful days!

[@philipthompson7901]

Remember these coming over Canterbury on their way to London city airport in the 1980's! Video proves remarkable performance from this plane, Excellent.

[@sablatnic8030]

It is just a lovely double size Twotter!

[@jurepecar9092]

I've also heard it being called quad otter ;)

[@merc340sr]

I still love this plane! Its STOL capacity is amazing!

[@user-wy6mo1vr8t]

props=slow landing and fast takeoff...jets suck in that way:)

[@Xiety0490]

almost exactly 20 years ago i went to YK for my first time and i bet this is the very dash i went to Norman Wells in. back in the diamond fever days. i jumped out of the cargo door and hit my head on the prop and cut my head wide open. good thing it wasnt turning....

[@AZBAviation]

Very impressive!!!!

[@JD-tn5lz]

Spent over twenty years public service in Alaska, most of it serving villages in western Alaska (Bering Sea coast), the Interior (sort of draw a 200 mile circle around Fairbanks), and Bristol Bay; been into and out of alot of gravel runways. I didn't ride a Dash often, but those rare times were a luxury. That high wing and all that power😆 Folks, this was impressive, but this was also a very low altitude field. Oh, and ditch the tunes. Aviators talking through the business is music enough.

[@williamsoutherland9087]

Looks like the aircraft was cleaned up by the end of the strip. Pretty impressive.

[@JoseIgnacioCastroB.-vz3cl]

250 meters takeoff and landing its really amazing! Of course, pilot's performance is amazing too. Good plane, good pilots!

[@palco22]

Canadians tend to make runways a bit too long, .... although it comes in handy for foreign made aircraft.

[@hobsonbeeman7529]

Safety!!!

[@JD-tn5lz]

Foreign or domestic. That extra legroom comes in handy when visibility, winds, and surface aren't being your best friends. Plus, it's rural Canada, so just like Alaska, there's usually plenty of room to pack a few more yards of gravel. So why not? Fly on out to the bush some January and learn a little.

[@javiersmith5456]

Beautiful Plane. With new turboprop engines and modern propellers, its performance has improved many times.

[@sla31]

Epic! What a plane!

[@user-wy6mo1vr8t]

props=slow landing and fast takeoff...jets suck in that way:)

[@olddog103]

EXCELLENT AIRCRAFT

[@larsfredriksson6277]

My favorite model of airplane since I first saw it flying for Wideroe in Norway in the 80's.

[@rsws18a]

Wow, very impressive! Sorry, don‘t know much about the Dash 7, yet. It must be a real „powerhouse“. Thank you for the Video!

[@Jhossack]

I love this series. A canadian sensibility

[@12345fowler]

Spectacular video who does justice to this magnificient airplane

[@markminer7390]

Oh my, what a plane!

[@arthurteo8111]

Had the honour of flying this beautiful plane in Berjaya Air . The runway was frighteningly short. But she aced it.

[@jacobhansen6450]

...like the runways of REDANG and TIOMAN, for example?? The DASH 7 fixes them all!! Best regards...Jacob Hansen, Northern Scandinavia...

[@blueman5924]

Awesome ! Safe sky’s you all.🤙

[@avinair3587]

Yes, I can fall in love with an aircraft 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

That was super cool!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*Great video!*

[@californiadreamin8423]

Back in the day , I popped out of cloud on the ILS into Heathrow …..and up the derrière of a Halifax bomber , hanging on the props !! I was in a DC9 and it was a Dash 7. It was a lovely machine , and I think the handling pilot was under training. We had to go around , but normally they were very slick on the approach and minimal time on the runway.

[@dalekrinke2674]

Dehavilland aircraft were always ahead in STOL aircraft however through gross mismanaging after DeHavilland sold we no longer can claim this honour.

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent performance!

[@lohikarhu734]

Nice!

[@daveleo7248]

Long ago Iflew in the Dash7 several times. That plane *loved* being up off the ground. More than any other that I've ever flown in.

[@scopex2749]

OUTSTANDING aircraft

[@pagophilus]

Great video. I must say though that I've seen a Dash 7 land in a shorter distance. Unfortunately I stopped filming before it landed. In July 2003 I was in Kangerlussuaq (SFJ) on the ridge above the airport looking down at the valley, and on a very windy day saw a Dash-7 come in from the south-west, turn 180 degrees and land from the north-east on what is now runway 27 (don't know if it was 27 back then with magnetic north pole movements). It landed, slowed down, and turned right in to the terminal apron. According to the airport diagram, that's 231 metres of runway. Have a look at the airport diagram for SFJ and/or a photo or two to see how amazing that was.

[@vancebelchamber1951]

Impressive

[@philgooddr.7850]

I flew over the « Salto Ángel » with a Dash7 … the only time I felt save ..by then…because flying 2.5 hours on a Cessna caravan mono prop. and slaloming around forest hills and a low clouds ceiling with 10 to 15 sec. prayer’s time after engine failure before hitting tree tops… and all this in order to reach and leave Canaima Nat Park after failures of other jet planes……is more adventurous. I owe my life to the iconic fantastic PW of Canada PT6 specially my African and South American life…so with four of them… like four angels above your head…you’re darn safe…😂

[@chuckcawthon3370]

De Havilland Knows How To Make STOL aircraft. Outstanding Video Quality. Well Done by All. Rio Airways used to fly them from Love Field ( KDAL ) in the early 70's.

[@user-wy6mo1vr8t]

props=slow landing and fast takeoff...jets suck in that way:)

[@fanBladeOne]

The backdrop and scenery. The plane. The chads manning and operating it. The music. This video is amazing! 600 / 630😵

[@terrancestodolka4829]

Truly epic on one great 4 engined airplane...

[@lovetoride9646]

I like small airport terminals. They're so much more practical than Frankfurt am Main.

[@JD-tn5lz]

Terminals? Bwahahahaha. Most these don't have "terminals" in your sense of the word. I spent a career in bush Alaska. I love flying but absolutely hate flying commercial; fu**ing hate it. I like it when the plane waits on you instead of the other way around, I like knowing the pilot personally, I like not being packed in a tin can with smelly strangers, I hate being herded around airports like cattle. Hard to explain, but flying as a free man ruins flying as a captive passenger forever. Love flying, but big city airports, airlines, and controlled airspace? No thanks.

[@TheColleenDabeanShow]

I love all DeHavilands!

[@Belfran]

Hoping still profitable with those huge engines and almost 5 Ton payload. What an aircraft and crew!

[@calypso_the_freak]

nice

[@Hammertime054]

I remember when they flew in and out of L C A, they certainly did go up and come down quick, thats for sure.

[@retrovideoquest]

Beautiful plane, it's pity only 113 were built. The over-dramatic background music is a bit excessive though. No background music is ever better than the airplane's engines sounds...

[@jackiewang7725]

The performance is even better than a small Cessna!

[@unguidedone]

got to love turbine power

[@videocruzer]

Wow, that is one awesome machine. How many landing like that are those props rated for? They must take one heck of a beating. Love the use of augmented reality. Almost 1:1 pretty impressive.

[@TricksterJ97]

Full reverse on gravel can be hard on the blades. Good thing they aren’t composite.

[@player1GR]

1:50 perfect pilot-induced rolls

[@engina1572]

I remember coming in flaps 45 into some remote gravel runways !!! also remember constantly changing seats for the combi setup. Who is operating these nowadays ?

[@TheMaartian]

My father could have used the STOL capabilities of a Dash-7. Decades ago, I got a call from the Janesville, WI airport to come and pick up my father, and to bring a snow shovel. I figured his car got stuck in the parking lot. When I got there, I could see the tail of his Cessna 172 protruding from the large snow bank at the west end of the short, crossing runway. He'd been told to land long, since there was a commercial flight coming in from the south for the main runway. Well, he landed a little TOO long. I had to dig along the side of the plane to get to the door, so he could get out. Bruised and bleeding lightly. Way less damage than what he did to his Cessna.

[@waynebeasley8700]

Did you have an SFOC for the camera drone? (CARS part IX)

[@user-nk4td9bg6w]

not being there in that dash 7 makes me really hate my life lol

[@Luke173]

Impressive performance. Which airport is it?

[@lukalevstek7851]

Adria Airwayes use to have two for short flights. Wery special aircraft.

[@peteaplin8324]

ive seen a twin otter takeoff in under 200 ft...mind you it was -40 c and high humidity!

[@lohikarhu734]

An almost worthy successor to the Caribou! Imagine how a Caribou with big turboprop engines would just leap off the runway ( oh, right, they don't need a "runway"!)

[@historicbeef]

Brakes on, flaps 80% throttle 75% and up we go… Oups forgot the brakes… meh no big deal we are already in the air…

[@jimbee7342]

Check out the DHC-5 Buffalo. It's the successor.

[@jamsaanich4993]

The 2 extra engines over the Dash8 literally doubles the power. I imagine the operating cost must be worth it to get to where it has to get to.

[@brettmckay9202]

What reserve is that I’ve seen a couple air tindys at the YXL base

[@espeescotty]

I've always wondered if having the exhaust exit over the wing, as we have here, helps increase lift. The hot exhaust is less dense than the cool/cold air under the wing, so to my mind, it only makes sense to help increase lift, to some small degree. I'll have to leave that to the mathematicians in the audience.

[@davidkendall1614]

I forgot the Dash 7 had FOUR engines. I thought it was two, like the Dash 8.

[@TheWidebody747]

Great airplane. So, where are they?

[@samsutherland9745]

was filmed at colomac mine airstrip NWT Canada

[@jonathanaman6573]

Dang! Not sure why a C-2 needs a catapult now.

[@pdterre5496]

why do I get the impression of computer animation?

[@MrSunrise-]

Amazing, isn't it? The Dash 7 was designed for a market that never materialized - very short haul between short strips. The idea was that the future of air travel would feature many more airports and replace cars for all but the shortest trips. However, society decided that it would rather indirectly subsidize car travel and make it a regulatory impossiblity to build new airports.

[@sputnikspinoza7399]

Felt the same way. Was the dust cloud that convinced me otherwise

[@brianpmessier4977]

what was the fuel load and cargo load for this take off and landing?

[@Thankz4sharing]

Cargo 10,000 lb (shown at 0:03 mark). Fuel not stated, but it's a safe bet that it was minimal for this demonstration flight.

[@vipahman]

If it used the full length of the runway, it could have taken off, achieved service ceiling and landed without ever changing its heading. 🤣

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

Most thrilling performance without a doubt…‼️🥂 👊🔥 🪖

[@clintonandrews1538]

Not that the Pilot in Command is nervous, but I couldn't help watch him wipe his sweaty palms on his trousers. ;-D)

[@user-iv6gl5np4v]

He was not wiping his hands. He was operating the elevator trim wheel so as to minimize the pressure needed on the control column to keep the nose up or down. Standard procedure

[@clintonandrews1538]

@@user-iv6gl5np4v Thanks for the correction!

[@joelhenderson4450]

Music bad; plane sounds good.

[@currentfaves65]

How much of this was real and how much was CGI ?

[@davesnothere.]

Can any jets do that?

[@Thankz4sharing]

The Pilatus PC-24 is certified for rough fields, but has about 1/3 the payload capacity.

[@chimster1234]

Pretty epic music. Not sure it matches the content LOL

[@Jadenaviation]

AirPort name?

[@Bro-wb4yr]

Do you hire co pilots with 600 total hours?

[@57hound]

Great video, but the aircraft is impressive enough without the addition of cheesy, overly dramatic music.

[@happyhome41]

Not a fan of the cheesy music. Wonderful aircraft and videography.

[@arnoldn2017]

Turn off the epic music please, engine noise is way more beautiful than this

[@pandamisha]

They don't make planes like this anymore

[@weldonyoung1013]

That's the kind of runway/aircraft performance you only see from large aircraft when military aircraft are involved. Interest backdown the runway for takeoff. Didn't even go to the end, just far enough for an aborted takeoff!

[@Jay-hr3rh]

Who else said a bad word when it took off?

[@dannymiester5825]

That take off looked like flight sim 2020, amazing that we can hardly tell the difference now days

[@fredscratchet1355]

That's impressive but I did think the music was a bit much, sorry.

[@WildVideos24]

HALF REAL ......HALF FLIGHT SIMULATOR

[@flyingtiger112]

Couldn´t you find even more annoying music? 🤡

[@Themheals]

Dangerous

[@user-wy6mo1vr8t]

props=slow landing and fast takeoff...jets suck in that way:)