Mad man, almost destroys world, doing short approaches. C150

Absolute madman, dives to the runway in a cessna 150. Four women report suffering premature labor. Entire herd of Holstein cows, rendered sterile.
Authorities are investigating whether or not pilot is a Russian agent..
A reliable "source" has indicated that the Russian agent pilot will leave the country if he's given $10 million dollars.~!!
bobs and vegana
First landing @4:40
Second landing @7:23

[@philnbspook6446]

Pre flight "Wipe down windscreen with a dry scotchbrite"

[@bridgefin]

Learned to fly at Republic Airport on Long Island in the 1970s. Across the highway was another airport, Zahns, a major general aviation airport. On final you flew your side of the highway, made your turn to final at about 150 ft and landed pretty quickly. Spent very little time on final. I asked my instructor what the huge chain on the side of the runway was for. It was a navy anchor chain and they were testing the A-10 Warthog and if hydraulics failed the could stretch the chain across the runway so the A-10 could stop. Don't think they every used it. Still love the A-10 to this day.

[@USNVA11]

Anyone else in awe of the C150’s climb rate with two souls aboard ? 😁

[@MrAvant123]

Dont see anything terrible here other than a pilot that understands the handling characteristics of his plane...

[@momo-hm5ru]

Better then the a hole that called "left downwind for 18" as I called crossing midfield getting ready to turn down wind. I frantically searched for him when I saw him he was about 2 miles east on the "downwind". Talk about a big pattern. I flew tight patterns while learning and then instructing.

[@georgevue8175]

Pretty cool - I am watching because I promised my youngest son I'd pay for him to get his pilots license next summer when he is home from college. I can't wait to see him doing the same thing.

[@skippingguy]

These are so cool. The C150 is such a great plane to practice this in. (Even after the dive, you're only up to the approach speed of some other light aircraft, haha!) I've done similar approaches, with full flaps and without, simulating engine failure on downwind. So fun: Turn....NOW! and go land on the runway.

[@peterblake5977]

What a great! training aircraft the Cessna 150 /152 / 172 is. I obtained my British PPL on one of these kites when I was 60 in the U.K. at a small Ex RAF airfield near Swansea on the Gower coast. This short field technique was taught, and I really enjoyed the technique, whenever possible when circuit bashing to improve my judgement in the event of engine failure. It saved my neck eventually with no damage to the aircraft. Safe flying guys, do your checks, watch your airspeed, fly the aircraft and keep a good lookout! and enjoy.

[@dirtcurt1]

Those are simulated Bonanza approaches, Speed wise

[@ko9446]

This is how you fly when you pay by Hobbs time

[@nikhayes3396]

thats how you fly if you want a stall spin at 100-300 ft to your certain death.

[@ko9446]

@@nikhayes3396 not exactly.

[@kwittnebel]

@@nikhayes3396 Going to have a hard time stalling descending like that. He could carry the downwind a few seconds further to get better lined up before touchdown, but there is basically no risk of a stall if the nose is falling through the turn. Not enough angle of attack as you are unloading the wing by descending.

[@MADDOG100ful]

@@kwittnebel absolutely

[@2airwolv]

More like who used spit to clean the windshield with a dirty rag. LOL

[@phillippierce5974]

That windshield looked like a tobacco chewer spat on it and tried to wipe it clean with a greasy rubber glove.

[@davemaccarter64]

The instructor I had 50 years ago taught me short approach from the get go. That was all we did unless there was other traffic. C-150 is a great plane to learn in. Happy Flying.....stay safe!

[@fredbiden868]

as i was in 85 short..half wing away..@ 800 alt..if lost power you can still glide in safe..

[@jeffwalther3935]

This isn't madness, but a 150 doing a circling approach, as opposed to the regular box approach. The maneuver IS unusual as it was originally developed for aircraft carrier combat operations by the British, (not Russian, as comically alluded to here). The maneuver requires somewhat advanced airmanship as it is a timed simultaneous tight turn and descent that, simultaneously again, ends 3-5 seconds before crossing the threshold, short final, as opposed to around a minute for legs, or the two 90 degree heading changes, in a standard box type gradual and stretched out approach. The maneuver cuts time to landing sharply, a critical factor in combat carrier operations that saves lives, time and gas in landings. It is the only method Navy pilots are taught by default. The tricky part is timing every control input just right at a predetermined point and holding it until a quick roll to wings level and very slow landing speed to touchdown in 3-5 seconds before threshold and touchdown as opposed to almost a minute on each of the legs of the box approach, the standard aviation method of landing.

[@situbes.972]

Nice and cool, i thought a rule of thumb in regular avation flight is not put ur self in hazardous situation to began with Of course in armed forces its a different story.

[@jeffwalther3935]

@@situbes.972 No one's in danger. This is just a pilots'-eye'-view of a CIRCLING approach. Although the maneuver was developed for military conditions, it is also used as an IMC instrument approach, but rarely. The circling approach requires knowledge, skill, preparation, but is EZ too to just set pitch/bank and throttles and hold it for about 3/4 of the approach. A circling approach generally just involves hitting three settings in turn, thrust and rate of descent, which is easy IF you do at the right predetermined point in the downwind part of the traffic pattern. This differs from the standard, much easier box approach. The difficulty is because any angle of bank in the turn affects lift and thus affects rate of descent and all is affected by often changing and challenging random winds aloft and at ground level. The 'scary' part is rolling wings level on centerline on glideslope 3 to 5 seconds before crossing runway threshold and touchdown as opposed to long stretches in three parts of the box approach where the airplane makes the 2 180 degree course changes, descending from traffic pattern altitude of around 1000 feet and maintains slow flight about 10 knots above stall speed.

[@decathelondave9340]

carrier landing, nice job

[@janadamczyk8911]

That's how I land on my aircraft carrier. 🇬🇧. ........ MS FS.

[@rinzler9775]

I really wanted to see that mig fly.

[@fredbiden868]

I see he did not level off in his base before turning final....a no no from my instructor in 1985...we always did short approach landings..you also seem to be a smarts ass as well..lol..good video.......

[@kr6dr]

That windshield is like flying VFR into IMC!

[@rawlinswanger1219]

Did they clean that windscreen with Elmer's glue?

[@mikebravo3527]

Didn't see it until they turned base 🤣

[@WolfandCatUnite]

Shows how important it is to do basic maintenance with cloth and Windex. I do like the pilots spirit, never change.

[@ronjohnson9507]

That's an ifr windshield

[@pascalchauvet7625]

Hahaha worse

[@stealhty1]

Great job , notice they built a blast deflector at that airport when the manager found out a Cessna C-150 will be flying at this location

[@cherifbar]

you are not a mad mad man, you are a fighter pilot and you just don't know it yet. just tell your instructor to properly clean your windshield before your next flight. remember you need to see in order to avoid other traffic.

[@riedjacobsen8620]

Ya paid taxes fer the whole runway. Fly the centerline and use both halves of the runway! Gitcher money's worth!

[@jimmorrison306]

This isn’t that bad. There are reasons why you might want to fly the pattern at cruise speed in a little airplane or why you don’t lose altitude until on final when you’re sure you made the runway. Nothing looked drastic here. I flew some with an old guy who was a test pilot in the military, and he had me maintain pattern altitude until on short final.

[@UncaDave]

No problem, and also sometimes called a modified approach. Love 150’s and put over 1000 hours on mine before I sold it. One of the toughest little planes made!

[@johnnygeek]

Did you clean your windscreen with a slice of cheese? Dude.

[@robertottwell605]

I couldn’t get past the filthy airplane.

[@camodudeA51]

Great flying, and no flaps on each approach.

[@scotabot7826]

Awesome Job!! My instructor would pull the power on me anytime, anywhere. It's good practice that my help save your life one day. Nice work!! Plus, it's a ton of fun!!

[@johnb4183]

One word : Windex.

[@rustyclam238]

My CFI always had me come in on a short final then dive for the runway and flair. And 11 years that’s the only way I knew how to land. I know that practice now is called the Sarajevo approach, it’s a military approach

[@DragerPilot]

Besides the filthy windshield, which really is dangerous, you line up on the left side of the runway for takeoff and landing. Are you British, or is there some other reason for this?

[@LkOutMtnMan]

I had to learn in a C 150 on a 3k ft grass field with a fence on one end and a hill at the other. I had to hit full power with the brakes on, release to get off the ground and bank right to miss the hill as I climbed out . Landing was coming between two power poles the power company had run the cables down the poles into the ground and back up leaving about a 40yd gap to land through. Then I had to clear a 4' cattle fence , hit the brakes hard while landing short as possible. I figured if I could learn to fly out of that airport the rest should be easy! lol But I had a clean windshield to see through! lol

[@jamesklinckman2363]

The world and sky is to big for such a small aircraft.

[@jimmyhvy2277]

Short low level base , i did this all the time in my Airborne Trike Edge .

[@pete49327]

Love this, I trained from day one in a 150, 1969 model, N5668G, almost identical color scheme to this one. I believe it had a 100 hp Continental engine, ran smooth and vibration free.

[@zacharyw4628]

If only it had been on center line. lol

[@airtechmech6681]

Great airspeed management. It's a great way to get used to what to do in case of an engine out.

[@gratt2]

KGEU❤️

[@joshuadecker1305]

I thought it was madmax beyond thunderstorm. All that desert, like mars.

[@victor-charlesscafati]

Not a base turn. A base U-turn.

[@daffidavit]

This was me in N60026 back in 1970. This is the way we flew the typical traffic pattern at a controlled airport at KCDW. Back then, the tower controllers had no problems with ten airplanes flying in the traffic pattern. That was a normal Saturday. Today, God forbid there are 5 aircraft in the pattern, ATC must exercise due diligence and allow no more airplanes into the pattern to do touch and goes otherwise they are told to stop by the FISDO. It's not the tower, it's their bosses.

[@studiogconceptions]

Sometimes short approaches are necessary and a good skill to have in your flight toolbox. A number of years ago I flew out of Aurora Airpark located immediately south of Denver International. The airport is now closed, but the end of the runway was only about 850' from class B airspace that extended to the surface. Every landing to the south required an extremely decisive short approach.

[@WolfandCatUnite]

cool, i love the raw flying

[@rexmyers991]

Not impressed. Vacuum was WAY out of limits. Very high suction destroys gyro instruments. The pilots airspeed control was poor. Pilot consistently misjudged turn to final. Over all sloppy flying.

[@peterjoyce7198]

Poor and dangerous flying in my opinion. Taxiing far too fast too.

[@thomasgreen1688]

Russian pilot who is adamant against using the center of the runway! He only likes the left half.

[@geektoro]

Sounds like a flying lawnmower.

[@b52707]

That’s it, you teach that engine who’s the boss.

[@airmanfpv964]

thats how i land in gta

[@Alex-gj5ou]

👍👍👍!

[@NCPPGpilot]

Having some difficulty tracking the center line on taxi, and would suggest checking the tire pressure and blinker fluid.

[@billcawthorne3114]

My instructor taught carrier landings. Yes he was Navy.

[@BiffBifford]

This was so edge-of-my seat exciting, I went through a whole bag of kettle corn and a 1-liter Mountain Dew!

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

LOL-!!!!!!

[@rickr530]

Silly 150-driver thinks it's a 2-lane runway. That dashed line should be under your nosewheel, not under your right wingtip.

[@aceflyer32]

Who flys with a windshield like that? Centerline? What centerline?

[@johnbunker5102]

Virtually anyone who has had to fly onto a grass or gravel runway located between hills has to be able to pull off this kind of approach.

[@johnmarks3823]

try it with flaps sometime....you can use a steeper approach but watch the aoa...looks like a great way to spend an afternoon with friends and build time...oh!! and clean the windshield as part of your preflight!!

[@brendanaengenheister5351]

The reason most people don't f;y approaches like this is because if you get it wrong there's no plan B.

[@cirrlus]

A windshield clean before flight indicates good airmanship....

[@farmnranchapiarybeehiveser8120]

Good job nice and smooth. Looks like you are flying out of flying Cacti in Glendale? Glad to see new students. Been flying, designing, and building airplanes since the 70s. Couldn't ask for a better Hobby. Although we now live in the Ozarks now, I fly back and forth too my Ranch near Black Canyon Lake by Heber all the time. When visiting family in the valley it's either Falcon Field, Steller, or Scottsdale Airports. Except for the cross-country commutes. Most of our flying now is to remote areas camping under the wing.

[@muhammadsteinberg]

Nice to see the F-150 doing a low flyby in full afterburner. I cut my teeth on 150/152's in the 80's. I have a great fondness for the lil planes. Being so lite in the ass almost every landing was a crosswind landing

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

Nice~!!!

[@jeffwalther3935]

It is a CIRCLING APPROACH TO LANDING, not madness! although, it is quite a show of the standard landing approach for all Navy and Marine pilots - in a Cessna 150, . . . ho hum, . . . sorta dreary, another day at the office for "the Boomers" of naval air training. Its EZ if you're entirely set up, highly prepared, trained, ready and practiced with standardized, familiar aircraft, at sea level with no visual obstructions, variable winds or terrain . . . BUT quite different if NOT so, especially at first tries.

[@jeffwalther3935]

This circling approach reminds me of its ground equivalent in a car where the driver uses sharp, sudden, turns, braking and acceleration, at the exact predetermined, invisible point in space, to simultaneously spin his wheels and car 180 degrees, and swerving ever so suddenly and perfectly fine, to full stop, reversed, in a parking place between two other parallel-parked cars. By preestablishing the standard, same, 3 control inputs (throttle/bank/pitch) using standardized aircraft and typical conditions, the maneuver is reduced in complexity enuf so green pilots can safely handle it from the beginning of their skills development; THUS, no "madness" at all, no miracles, no sweat, safe and easy, but, not done lightly for kix; such approaches are sorta needlessly used in GA ops which lack the necessity of the tricky maneuver altogether.

[@novo6462]

Nothing compares to the Cessna 150 Experience :D I have about ~150 hours in C152 and C150 aerobat models.

[@novo6462]

.... also is that a MiG-21 at the start???? *HOLY DUCK FUCK* I love the extreme heavy balls aspect of this channel!

[@galagachamp]

thank for not destroying world

[@finallyflying9534]

Love this video! Thoughts 1) you can fly a right hand pattern for runway 19 at KGEU? How do you not end up the Luke airspace??? I guess it works if you're trying to destroy the world with the shortest approach ever and dirty windshields. Lol 😉 2) was this early in the morning before tower was operational? 3) imagine how much shorter those approaches would be with flaps 40! All joking aside, I love this video. Did my primary training in a 150. That was a great little bird.

[@sircrapalot9954]

Luke’s SATR is typically inactive on weekends. If Glendale tower allows it you could do right traffic at 19, or I guess if the tower isn’t active you could too but that sounds like a bad idea unless you’re certain there’s no other traffic.

[@aerotuc]

generally i think of this as flying a tighter pattern,every thing is more intense and workload is tough if your on the ball.Youll have to intercept the approach path earlier in general.especially if your flying a 5 degree glide path(good for practicing engine out approaches).

[@geoffmcgowan2140]

So, basically P180’s from the CPL check ride. A little tougher in a PA32. A little glass cleaner on that windscreen would be big.

[@DAVFAMX2]

What was missing here was airspeed control and use of flaps for short field landings Or did i miss something in my 52 years of flying

[@YamahaC7SRG]

Very funny and entertaining!! Loved the stealth approaches and strafing runs! I think I now know where all the UFO reports are coming from...

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

LOL. Thanks.

[@kennyj4366]

C150, it's been awhile but man I really enjoyed doing cross countries in it. Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@stay_at_home_astronaut]

Stuka attack followed by a carrier landing is the way I go, too.

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

Awesome-!!!!!

[@raxxtango]

HARD TURN TO THE WEST. AT SUNSET...BET YOU'RE GLAD YOU WASHED THAT WINDSCREEN WITH MUD

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

If I use 1/3 of the first 1/2 of the runway, how much runway did i use?

[@adleylevold616]

1191.666666ft. Nice 310!

[@allengose5438]

1/6th

[@DropdudeJohn]

The bit you landed or took off from

[@jimpinkowski3394]

Look mom..no flaps!!!

[@Colin_Holloway]

This is literally "aiming at the ground and missing"!

[@robertrichard6107]

Tower wouldn't let him fire a test burst of the 20 MM in the prop hub assembly.

[@claudiocarbone2225]

🤣LOL

[@gonnfishy2987]

🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuahangtree1560]

Hey Ace, while you pat yourself on the back, one word springs to mind - Centerline. Ever heard of it?

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Clean your windshield!

[@diego646464]

I don’t think you can destroy the world with a Cessna, but the video’s sound certainly destroyed my ears !!! 😂

[@johnmorykwas2343]

So what so unusual bout his flying. I fly the same whether in a bug smasher, or fighter.

[@Critical-Thinker895]

I just traced the tail number of that plane and it's listed to a "Boris and Natasha". Might as well pay the ransom, they haven't been able to catch those two for decades.

[@stacase]

Yeah they live in a hotel in Coca-Cola

[@robinr.2233]

No traffic, calm conditions, what’s the problem? I learned like that in 1980, soloed in a 152 and moved up from there.

[@jeffwalther3935]

Yes, quite a show of the standard landing approach for all Navy and Marine pilots - in a Cessna 150, . . . ho hum, . . . sorta dreary, another day at the office for "the Boomers" of naval air training. Its EZ if you're entirely set up, highly prepared, trained, ready and practiced with familiar aircraft, at sea level with no visual obstructions, variable winds or terrain . . . BUT quite different if NOT so, especially at first tries.

[@robinr.2233]

@@jeffwalther3935 I remember when I soloed, the 152 leaped off the ground without the instructor's weight onboard. Also, slips are a bunch of fun with a short approach.

[@jeffwalther3935]

@@robinr.2233 First airplane solos MUST BE one of the more unique life experiences one CAN have. I suppose it's very much like being alone in the car as a driver too, . . . but we all forgot that when driving became routine, and then ordeal or work. My entire first experiences with flying were in a T-28 Trojan. That the weight of your instructor could dramatically affect your takeoff performance IS wild! My first familiarization flight in training was the third time I'd ever been in an aircraft of any type. My 2nd solo required doing barrel rolls, slow flight, stall recovery, and aileron rolls and I accidentally had to pull an Immelmann maneuver, by instinct, to manage a last-second recovery to keep from an upsidedown stall/spin in my first solo barrel roll. (I, uh, . . . had NOT been taught to do nor ever done.) I figured out, in a few minutes, to try again and pull up harder initially and did another one fine afterwards. That's Naval Air flight training. I didn't know any difference for a long time. Each flight lesson is ALSO a checkride, like with a drivers license examiner, if you remember how ultimately stressful those are. It hasta be that demanding for the job you will be doing.

[@homelessoptionstrader]

Theres old pilots, and theres bold pilots...You know the rest.

[@Thousand_yard_King]

Fly reckless!! Live fast, die young, leave nothing behind, life is too short to worry about it 😆.. oh and make sure you always exceed the vne on approach. It makes life more exciting, LOL

[@jimrichardson8575]

Well ???? The world is still here, so How did he almost destroy it ?? 😂🤣

[@bigred55ny]

As someone mentioned, vacuum system regulator not functioning properly. And surprised no use of those wonderful 40 degree flaps on a Cessna 150H.

[@captaincurle4529]

I’d love to hear what the tower guys were thinking while watching your moves.

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

They were thinking; "Hey that looks like a lot of fun," Check out this video from AvWeb. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGfUY4mBqNuEe7M

[@HoundDogMech]

Keep the speed up and the Pattern tight. Besides what chicken eliminated this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGfUY4mBqNuEe7M

[@robertstack2144]

You meant ...."like to know what the....." Dr. Stanton would have corrected you.

[@ccserfas4629]

@@lefthandedhardright8839 yes!

[@shireshenanigans3264]

Nice vid. No reason to do that without flaps though. My old instructor (Burma hump pilot), is doing a little posthumous dance right now. As FAA retired, I've looked into a whole bunch of "speed management in in the runway environment" accidents over the years. Flaps are there for avreason, stay safe!

[@BobABooey.]

Do you clean your windows with pancake syrup?

[@LoneWolf-wu6yn]

Nice to hear the, there is the button to ATC is anything happens. My 1st time as a passenger my buddy. Showed me how to change nav radios, transponder and 121.5 On top of the keep level amd maintain altitude. Which he gave me controls for about 30 seconds in flight ao I had an idea of how the plane actually reacts.

[@MyRadDesign]

The thing that concerns me is shock cooling of the engine. Staying in close to the runway is recommended since you are more likely to make it to the runway in case the engine fails. If you are low and slow and far from the runway when the engine gives out, you may be tempted to try the impossible and crash before you make it to the runway.

[@Abdelrahmanfarag_GP]

I thought you’re using the taxiway for departure. My CFI would have screamed if I ever taxied half your speed..

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=741019#:~:text=There%20in%20no%20legal%20speed%20limit%20for%20taxi,and%20I%20will%20gladly%20do%20without%20the%20necessities. There in no legal speed limit for taxi ways in the US. As long as the aircraft is not operated in an "unsafe" manner any speed is acceptable. High speed turnoffs are designed with a maximum speed of 60 kts in mind. Your CFI might be perpetuating old wives tales.

[@audigga4396]

Ohhh! The humanity!!

[@cropdusterpete]

Doing some Cropduster approaches. Love it.

[@charlesstephens3660]

What was wrong with that? I learned to fly in 150s back in the 80s at Mojave and Tehachapi, Ca.

[@kenclark9888]

You mean besides the poor video quality and long gaps with no flying?

[@williamturns341]

Wow! Landing with no flaps. (I think I have only done that in 20 knot headwinds...)

[@bugsbunny5507]

NOIIICE !!! ... and that’s how it’s done ladies! 👍 Actually, it’s not unreasonable to practise such maneuvers (with permission). You never know when you might have a Lear or Gulfstream on long final, and the Controller asks you to pull it in tight. Happened to me a couple times at Toronto-Buttonville airport, back in the day, when there was still something called General Aviation. You could either comply, or be extended wayyy out on downwind so that on final you’d have enough time to read War and Peace. 😄 And speaking of “the good ol’ days”, it is this aviator’s humble opinion that there will soon, if not already, be a shortage of QUALIFIED pilots because of the prohibitive cost of flight training. There has been a war against General Aviation over the last 30 years or so (frivolous lawsuits, shutting down small airports, “noise” complaints🤣, etc), which has driven up the costs dramatically. My question to the general public is WHERE THE @&$! DO YOU THINK PILOTS COME FROM??? I can’t believe how many people think that commercial pilots start their flight training in a 747, and that military pilots start their flight training in an F-16. 😳 Dudes and dudettes, if you still want someone to be able to fly you to your all-inclusives in Caya Coco, or to your underage hookers in Thailand (pervs), you need to realize that EVERY PILOT IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION has earned their Wings on a SMALL, SINGLE-ENGINE, PROPELLER aircraft. Including “Maverick”, i.e. military. Now, a certain percentage of airline pilots are ex-military, or graduates of Aeronautical Universities like Seneca or Embry-Riddle (which also qualifies as General Aviation, btw), but a huge number earn their Wings at local Mom-and-Pop flight schools, like I did (Toronto Airways, back then). And THAT’s where most pilots come from. It ain’t magic, folks.

[@bugsbunny5507]

P.S. ... Don’t stall out of those steep turns!!! My instructor always emphasized NO STEEP TURNS CLOSE TO THE GROUND !!! 😬

[@FSEVENMAN]

Why the aversion to the runway center line?

[@1celticflyer444]

What was the airspeed? If I needed a short approach I’d use full flaps and 10% above stall speed.

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

Airspeed 105 mph.

[@kwittnebel]

Looks great but I don’t understand why you are doing it without flaps. This is the only sort of landing I have done in my 140 so far but we usually do it with two notches of flap at about 70. For some reason I seem to end up high about half the time and slipping it down on final.

[@ao1645]

It’s like you wiped down your windshield with sandpaper :-)

[@johnmiller2403]

I was thinking a dirty diaper !

[@steveschierholz5272]

How was the world almost destroyed?

[@kimber1911]

I thought this was out of Kabul from the Mig on the ramp at the beginning!

[@berthuggins8042]

I was waiting for to set take off power when they took off! What’s the climbing speed of a 150? 4?

[@aerotuc]

75 KTS best roc indicated,after t/o.