Pilatus Porter Operations East Indonesia

[@Gagnon4234]

STOL operations are very exciting. As a student for my private ticket I was never allowed to use a paved runway. My CFI required to me to do short field takeoffs and landings in the grass. I had to 'earn' my runway privileges. He claimed that anyone can takeoff on 7700 feet of pavement. It became a very useful skill later on in my flying career. Great video!

[@widiewidie3209]

Sejak kecil saya di Papua (sejak masih Irian Barat). Saya terbiasa terbang beraama pilot-pilot AMA sejak masih pesawat cessna. Sekarang sudah dengan pilatus dan cessna caravan. Pesawat sudah berganti tetapi lapangan terbangnya tetap ekstrim. Terima kasih pilot Tom Benoit (alm), Pilot Br. Frans, OFM (alm), pilot Urs, pilot Mike, pilot Arnold (alm), pilot Willem, pilot Andrew, pilot Heny dan sejumlah pilot-pilot yang lain, Indonesia maupun Eropa. Kalian semua adalah prajurit-prajurit Tuhan yang tangguh. Terima kasih.

[@sergeantlybaz6664]

i'm indonesian ,i have experiences flying in there with incredible pilots....i want to say thank you very much to every pilots who flying in east indonesia

[@dukesc5562]

Looked up the registration number and discovered that this aircraft was wrecked with the loss of two pilots and three passengers in 2017 near a place called Wamena shortly after take off. Crash was believed to be due to weather conditions. A tragic loss all on board. Incredible bravery to fly in these parts of the world and often to help others receive medical aid and attention as well as did etc. RIP

[@davidduganne5939]

Spectacular flying! You make it look easy. The first time I watched this video, I had to remind myself to breathe! Those approaches are truly "cliff hangers." Great job!

[@lumigla1]

I am also a pilot and have flown Pilatus Porter and Cessna Caravan (and 206, 182...) in parachute dropping service for years. But I would not be able to fly this operation at all. What the pilots do there is unbelievable and the summit of flying skill.

[@afishcalledwanda]

This is what I call "flying a machine". The overwhelming part of our commercial pilots in our dense traffic today are just flying bus drivers turning buttons and pushing keys; dream job is not quite the word that comes to my mind...

[@wimm1392]

Fantastic Pilots, what would the world be without these guy ? Thanks for posting this video.

[@michaelkelly1251]

I get the impression this pilot is a very confident but not overly confident one. I get the impression he helps so many people, and is the very lifeline of many people there. I am simply in awe of his skill and, dedication to what he does. How there can be 259 thumbs down boggles the mind. Probably pig headed jealous pilots who wish to hate on some rule they think they know about flying.

[@andrewthesea]

There's a British documentary about this, 'Worst place to be a pilot'. with 4 episodes shot about Papua. You guys are the sky cowboys, really. Just amazing.

[@agustinusdegei9968]

Terima kasih banyak Kapten sudah melayani di Tanah Papua. Semoga selalu sehat 👍🏽🙏🏽

[@pilot3016]

Probably one of the best single engine cargo transports ever created by man.

[@capunkmelky]

Sangat berani dan menantang. Sukses dalam tugas. Tuhan Yesus berkati. Salam dari Kupang - NTT.

[@olldh]

I flew, as a passenger, on several Porters, operated by Continental Air Services, and Air America, all over SE Asia...Amazing planes, into and out of "Mountainside Grass/Dirt/Rock Sort of Runways"...One of my all time favorite airplanes...

[@robertfrederick9061]

OUTSTANDING collection of superb flying anecdotes. On several of those very short strips I could swear the prop was in beta before the wheels touched down. Phenomenal piloting skills.

[@liandoannis6435]

luaar.biasa pilot jay..Tuhan Menyertai dan Pimpin dalm tugas pelayanan di papua...dari Annis L. yang pernah terbang bersama pilot Jay..ke lapter Kilmit..nduga

[@limberbardales9772]

Desde niño me gustó la avición es tan hermoso que ahora tengo 54 años y no pierdo las esperanzas de seguir volando en cabinas de cessna,twin otter y pilatus porter...muchas gracias y a seguir volando.

[@winstonlynch9112]

May God keep you safe as you risk you life to make people happy. This is not his job, its his passion and a calling.

[@ap4709pk]

Some of these “runways” don’t even qualify as runways. They’re not even straight. This is awesome flying!

[@floydrasmussen255]

WOW. What an aircraft, and pilot. I thought he was driving up that road. I didn't think it was his runway ! I was MEDIVAC ed out in one these.

[@ask-televisionmartingremme9253]

STOL - short take off and landing

[@milesdyson5211]

Why dont they just lable the Truth and call it Cocaine Runways and Planes ?

[@ask-televisionmartingremme9253]

@@milesdyson5211 Because there are also other goods - such like food and more.... and... In Indonesia... hahahah forget it. Its not South America. In Indonesia is no Cocaine growing.

[@dennylui]

Where is the runway? I don’t see any runway 🤔🤪

[@shannonwittman950]

AMAZING! The pilots sure have an optimum airplane for this kind of flying! I guess the locals are always happy to see them making regular visits.

[@donnowakowski4224]

Incredible airplane, incredible airmanship. Nice job!

[@sandrodeambrosis2836]

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[@franciscosaez6411]

Dangerous.job.....

[@willerm]

Crach of

[@milesdyson5211]

Why dont they just lable the Truth and call it Cocaine Runways and Planes ?

[@joebloggs8785]

Wow. This pilot gives "controlled flight into terrain" a completely different meaning.

[@patrickmorrissey8754]

How do you top a day making these types of landings and take-offs flying a G1000 Porter? Patrick from Albuquerque

[@NoMatterDesign]

He gives a completely different meaning to the word airport too...

[@oldmategio]

4:18 once committed, no go around!! Not for most pilots. thx for the vid mate you're a legend

[@seantelechannel]

amazing.....good job and GOD Bless broo.....!!! luar biasa saudara saudara di papua hidup di pegunungan jauh dari kehidupan perkotaan sangat jauh di puncak puncak gunung

[@wira7518]

Bagus banget ya,pegunungan cuy,tidak asa perumahan kumuh,asri adem banget pasti

[@Patrick1244]

I am soooo impressed. He could put it down o n a postage stamp. I bow down to his piloting skills.

[@c4mper]

No words to describe the art of those pilots. Bravo !!!...

[@TonyHarrisonPhotography]

Love the "push back" at the beginning - just like an airliner!

[@buckbuchanan5849]

I feel totally inept as a pilot, after watching this! Think I’ll go into the corner and start coloring

[@pilot3016]

Chuckle.

[@garvinhooper]

not for the faint of heart, great pilot skills and a perfect airplane for this kind of flying

[@mundlkalli4396]

Oh my goodness, I thought your initial taxiing was going to be the take off. I was thinking how in the hell is this going to work........well your take off from the hill was even more scarier....holy shit. I had a major anxiety attack...and I am sitting in my chair at home. Awesome flying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you

[@BlvlWmpower]

..did you see the first landing..even scarier than that crazi air show flying.

[@shamala033]

same for me.....

[@unitedsafety3866]

it's realy flight

[@auki010]

Terima kasih banyak capten, Tuhan Yesus berkati kamu capten 🙏🏾

[@terkelinpurba7579]

Wow..speechless !! I hold my breath while watching this incredible video. Great skill...great video....thanks for uploading.

[@smoothuncut]

The vital link! Unsung Hero's flying into remote super dangerous locations! Big luv from Aspen Colorado!✈️

[@marklavoine5011]

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[@1STGeneral]

When the call center runs out of ink

[@juanjuanillo1]

Thanks. Eres muy afortunado, gracias por estas preciosas imágenes. Gran trabajo. Precioso avión.

[@MrInnovativeEnergy]

7:05 "Ladies and Gentlemen....there will be an underwear washing service available upon landing for those who are in need........."

[@aviatuber1308]

Absolutely amazing! Absolutely. Fabolous, mate. No words from an airline pilot in Europe. Great.

[@totallyaviasi1756]

Ini pilot jam terbang juga sudah tidak diragukan lagi. Di berbagai medan situasi sulit menerbangkan pesawat. Dimana ini terlihat sangat mengagumkan.

[@jlloro]

excellent Very Good. I'm in Brazil and I'm following the channel, I was fascinated with everything it transmits to us. It is a world far removed from our reality. Brazil has a very large territorial dimension, but nothing compares to the reality of these brothers who live far away. My name is Jaime Loro and I live in BRAZIL.

[@RCHeliJet]

Exactly turn and wow the People there looks Happy you have bring a lot of stuff and the Takeoff Respect. Thumb up.

[@leojonkers3181]

Crazy exciting those landings. And then all those clouds, wow. You must be a top pilot to do this.

[@bobinthewest8559]

Ironically... many of the pilots doing this type of flying... are actually pretty “low hour” pilots... doing it just to accumulate enough hours to be considered by “real” airlines. At least, that’s what I’ve heard.

[@ildeuraimundodasilva8230]

Congratulations , Mr. Jay Pemberton. Pilatus fantastic ! Greetings from Brazil.

[@eduard98765]

I cannot believe what I see here, amazing!!! Not many pilots get to experience this.

[@HiAnNutti]

""...the X strip at KAT, scary enough but only 25% of these! AU!

[@ROCROCROC1]

How many pilots could even deal with it?

[@richardburger7719]

Well done Jay ,almost 10 years ago for me Thanks for this excellent video

[@osvaldoalarconp3d533]

Excelente video muchachos, muchas gracias por compartir sus vuelos y experiencia. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile.

[@francoiskellerman5403]

Respect! This is so amazing.

[@nurwanfarid3031]

Funtastic pilot, zero mistake tolerance! Great job..

[@TonyHarrisonPhotography]

Like an airliner - start the journey by going backwards! Great video man

[@asimsherzai]

Amazing pilot, perfect aircraft for this kinda strips, now I call it Bush flying, stick and rudder, thanks for sharing and keep safe

[@tcruise77]

I think Draco & Freedom Fox will love it here... lol...

[@ronjohnson9507]

Draco got wrecked

[@ronjohnson9507]

@Mindy Janis Mike is soon to be building Draco X

[@operationscomputer1478]

freedom fox has nowhere near enough power to operate in this high density altitude environment.

[@hendrikfibrianto843]

What happened with draco?

[@andrewmorris3479]

Operations Computer Oh sure it does! 145 hp up to 15,000ft with the Rotax 915 iS. That same engine took a four place Sling TSi to 27,000ft!

[@ctbully]

The short-field performance 9of this plane is astonishing !

[@raidazz1]

Terima kasih wantok. Love the footage.. Respect to all the bush pilots out there serving the people in some of the most remotest and challenging places on earth.. Safe flying from your wantok across the border

[@skypilot249]

Absolutely great collection of these pilot's flying skills !!! And of course I just love Pilatus Porters, made in Switzerland, where I live, and I also have a few models which I can fly from the smallest places but I wish they had brakes and reverse thrust LOL Should be possible with electric power, depends on the motor controller, but like it says on a placard in the real aircraft, "Reverse Thrust in Flight is Prohibited". Big thanks to pilots and other people who took the "airport" videos :-))

[@in4merATP]

I thought in-flight beta was still allowed on the PC-6

[@skypilot249]

@@in4merATP I'm not sure if it is allowed, but here I just found a great video where a PC-6 pilot practices very difficult approaches for a tiny upsloping "runway" using beta range a few seconds also in PNG with an instructor for checkout. It was loaded yesterday so it's brandnew : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWS5pKqmgteKoKs

[@rowanwills9698]

@@skypilot249 there should be a video somwhere of Draco applying reverse thrust whilst in a dive in order to allow skydivers to fly in formation and hold onto the wingtips

[@rowanwills9698]

this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJXGlKVtptJohKM

[@skypilot249]

@@rowanwills9698 Wow, thank you, I have not seen that one yet. There is a similar but even much more difficult stunt where a couple wingsuit skydivers flew right into the Red Bull Pilatus porter, I mean they landed inside as the Porter also went down in a fairly steep dive. I'll give you the link if I find that one. About the Draco, poor Mike, last video I saw was when he explained it would be impossible to repair it after the crash, you know anything better ?

[@ricardocastillo4349]

Congratulations you are super pilots, I would love to be like you, but not now, my respects ...

[@knudsent]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@gordjenkins9574]

Wow! Wish I had seen this before Reno. Many questions. Much respect Jay.

[@Mike7478F]

Real dinkum bush pilots. A brilliant aircraft. STOL perfection

[@BelusTraveller]

Subscription, Love it, Great flying, and handling. Some of the best shots I’ve ever seen, Beautiful Country Down there, Be Safe Belus Traveller

[@cyber0077]

Incredible job 👏 Really amazing what these guys are doing! That's real handmade piloting! I think these guys need alarm bells when landing on normal concrete runways that beware them to not fall asleep 😅

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video

[@jakubbugdol385]

absolute gem, thanks for that video.

[@deekaxel8760]

These pilots have completed their lives.

[@1qwerty-ru]

Очень круто! Пилот - красавчик, профи высшей пробы!!! Респект и уважуха. Начал сомневаться в целесообразности существования вертолётов.

[@NihongoGuy]

THis is impressive flying and impressive tail-dragging flying at that!

[@spectremuffin]

So jealous man, amazing job. I'd love to fly a pilatus someday.

[@jb894]

Same

[@navy57]

During 1967-68 my tour of duty in the Vietnam War was based at a place called Binh Thuy on the right bank of the Bassac River -- pretty much in the middle of the Mekong Delta. I was with the River Patrol Force (TF 116). The Vietnamese Air Force had a major base just inland from our HQ. It was a very busy place. One day I had to meet with an officer with the US Air Force Advisory Team that was attached to the VNAF base -- so we met, settled our business , and went out to the ramp to see what was going on. A fonky* looking, high-wing airplane like I'd never seen before was approaching the ramp. My USAF friend told me it was a STOL Pilatus Porter operated by Air America. Now that was a long time ago, but if memory serves, that version had leading edge wing slats and large wing flaps. I was fascinated. It parked and unloaded its "don't-ask-who-they-are" passengers Then it loaded some cartons, shut the doors, and configured its wing for takeoff. The slats and flaps looked like they were each about 50 degrees down. A cross section of the wing resembled a "C" on its side. The pilot fired up the engine to takeoff power, the Pilatus rolled forward maybe 75-100 feet, and then seemingly jumped into the air and went on its way. It was the shortest takeoff I've ever seen. It made some of the ones shown in this video by comparison look like they were at made JFK or DFW. Don't get me wron. Those piloys had plenty of moxie! *Fonky is an expression that we used back during HS to describe anything or anyone that looked totally awkward. For example, Jerry Lewis' pratfalls were fonky.

[@DARANGULAFILM]

It may be that the aircraft you witnessed was a Helio Courier. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5PWq4NjfrCVjrM

[@petermach8635]

Just outrageously incredible ........ and I found Kai Tak scary !!

[@kpnut59]

I first saw the remarkable aircraft in the Mel Gibson film 'Air America', I have been fascinated by it since. I've seen back gardens here in the UK bigger than some of those runways! Kudos to the pilots flying these aircraft into those types of runways.

[@Prellbock49]

Crazy AIRPORTS, mad Pilots...famos 👏

[@ricardoscoton6755]

Congrats, very nice experience on flying!

[@neriksen]

Pilatus themselves must be impressed. A comment from Pilatus would be well received.....

[@sebastiananakin28]

Kerennn Captain... Papua , Indonesia.

[@GG-sr4ww]

Amazing airplane. Love the Porter!

[@pacenayak2431]

AMA PAPUA selalu jaya, salam hormat pilot Jay 🙏🙏🙏

[@Prellbock49]

Crazy AIRPORTS, mad Pilots...famos 👏👍

[@neejlomzem]

This plane brings me lots of memories back in the secret war I love everything about this plane.

[@frlfrl2981]

Jay Pemberton. is a brave pilot in all weather. I once went from wamena to volmimpi

[@gannia2824]

Awesome a/c and awesome pilot skills, facilitated by two devils - missions in West Papua, and the consent of the illegitimate Indonesian Govt of West Papua.

[@nadiabentuler9746]

The runway ? Where ? What runway ? Can't think of much else that tops this in terms of airmanship.

[@frlfrl2981]

This is my village in folmimpi

[@FlyersDistrict]

FRL FRL I want to Visit You there

[@frlfrl2981]

@@FlyersDistrict I hope hopefully we will be insulted 

[@MyName-ez9lv]

Wow, amazing aircraft, skilled and courageous pilot.

[@MTisOnly1]

Truly Amazing! I applaud your skills.

[@sganzerlag]

Dude, thanks for making this video!! Congratulations on some absolutely top-notch airmanship. Respect!! Best regards from Brasilia, Brazil.

[@patrickarragon4913]

Super machine, super pilote ! 😎👍🇨🇵

[@stevenwortrich6014]

Exceptional aircraft, Exceptional pilots in perfect harmony

[@juliocristofani6688]

Máquina + Piloto = Ecuación perfecta.

[@stevenflattum156]

So fricken awesome. CFII-MEI-ATP 787

[@uwekonnigsstaddt524]

4:24, that port wheel did not rotate on touchdown!, nice to have a reversible prop. If you can land that plane of tennis court, you can land it on a carrier! Thanks for the video and be safe.

[@ROCROCROC1]

When you think about a pilot, this is the guy you think about!

[@arboristo4407]

Gotta love reverse thrust turbo prop

[@pilot3016]

It's called "Beta range".

[@arboristo4407]

Thanks❤️

[@joaquinguzman8315]

Some airmanship skills here! and then some.............awesome stuff.

[@yohanesdunsscotusaerotritu7412]

The best pilatus video on youtube

[@bambangharyonosoeroso]

Nice airplane, Capt., Short Take Off and Landing.

[@extra330sc]

A high degree of airmanship and level headed thinking are required to operate in this environment. You don’t get second chances if you hose up an approach.

[@ssmith5244]

14'38" "It wasn't that cool anyway" he says to the nagging wife. No it was excellent. Thanks Jay great video.

[@gair-planesllc6254]

When expectations differ from reality

[@acrobaticcripple8176]

Fantastic aeroplane! Superb pilots. Breathtaking all round.

[@charlie1571]

I have to say these are damn good pilots. I would fly with them any time except in Indonesia.

[@drgonzo7467]

At 6:15, low ceiling much? I'd have to have a defibrillator hooked up to me to even attempt that.

[@craymour1897]

well, you won't hear me complaining anymore about a 1500 feet long runway LOL

[@vjf2549]

Talk about "Landing On a Postage Stamp", this is it.

[@calvynvandenberg6943]

Very nice. Good job. Well done!

[@ediwhisky7730]

Ini baru pilot..... mantaaap