WINDY! Approaches Into St Barts (dangerous landing!) 4K

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Camera: Sony FDR AX33

[@trickyrat483]

When MS Flight Simulator 2020 hits, I'll be trying this in a 747. :)

[@digimaks]

Yeah, what a joke.....

[@astroplutonium]

I actually LOLed on this. Good luck m8! Tell us how it went :)

[@infirmux]

@@astroplutonium how it went into the water...

[@EdExTechur]

Do they make a 747 with pontoons?

[@traveller2810]

A380 :)

[@erich835]

Seen a few comments now of "why don't they just land the other way." You always want to land into the wind. The lower your groundspeed (actual speed over the ground) the shorter distance you can land in/more screw-up room you have, etc. If your airspeed is 100 knots, and you have a 50 knot headwind, then in reality you're only doing 50 knots over the ground. If you had a 100 knot headwind, you'd be hovering and landing would be a piece of cake (look up short field/STOL landings for a good time...). The funny part of this video is while these landings are a little hairy, there's not much that's "dangerous" about these landings per se. Pilots do it all the time and all the aircraft in the video are capable of landing on that runway in zero wind conditions. The hardest part for most of the pilots here is just convincing the damn airplane to get on the ground. With all the air over the wings the aircraft just want to keep flying.

[@operator0]

Also, landing the other way doesn't give you any room to go around. I bet they always land and take off in this direction no matter what the wind does. If it's blowing the wrong direction and it's blowing too fast, they simply don't land. Fortunately, this airport is in the trade-winds and it's oriented so those trade-winds are blowing the correct direction the vast majority of the time.

[@andyowens5494]

Oh, its dangerous. These pilots make it look less dangerous than it is because every one of them is certified to land there - its not any old pilot thats even allowed to try. It doesn’t take much to go wrong (mechanically, meteorologically, or mentally) to turn any landing there into a fatality. No-one skips pre-flights before a trip to St B’s; you really dont want a problem of any sort on that approach.

[@andyowens5494]

HangGlideTube Yeah, that works in places like Luckla, but St Barts is not steep enough to slow quickly enough on touchdown. Bit of a difference between a 18 mph stall speed that you can almost run at and a 90 knot one in terms of stopping v crunching :). My one and only upwind hg landing ended up in a collision with a VW beetle; as you say, not for the weekend flyer.

[@stevepseudonym445]

@@operator0 They land on 28 when conditions warrant it, but there are a lot of reasons besides the hill at the west end of the runway that make that the more difficult choice. The traffic circle is about 100' higher than the runway, but it's also the highest land on the approach and you can potentially come straight in from miles away. If you came straight in from the opposite direction your approach would be nearly as steep as the approach to runway 10, but from 3/4 of a mile across the bay at an altitude of 300'. In theory you could have a very flat approach over water from the NE, but the usual approach to 28 comes in over and through the hills to the SE, and commonly starts from the west before making what's essentially a left U-turn. There's a really good video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn-sin2Nrtlqb9U

[@frankleanez8829]

All you say it's true but.. I think the real reason is that there's no go around for runway 28 passing the hotel checkpoint (abeam the hotel)

[@theoldar]

Not a place for the low-confidence pilot.

[@samwatt7275]

theoldar Very true !!

[@theoldar]

I can barely do it in Flight Simulator. I'm sure I would have a heart attack doing it in real life.

[@samwatt7275]

theoldar I would want my first landing to be there

[@somestuffithoughtyoumightl6985]

Or a cocky one ;)

[@myfishhasbeensteamed2289]

Noted

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Unbelievable precision and courage these pilots have!!!

[@shahbazfawbush]

Will have to try this in Flight Simulator 2020.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I fly it all the time with FSX and the addon from FlyTampa (hands down the best) and I get it right about half the time. It really depends on the plane and the wind. Headwind is actually harder because of the added lift keeps you floating too long. You have to really push the plane into the runway or you'll touch down way too far down and you're doing a go around. Taking off is not bad at all, full power, full flaps and a lot of back pressure

[@lagentdunet]

CUBIE More like 1/3 or 1/2 not full lmao wtf

[@Julius-vz7pb]

oh yes

[@jimfrederich8852]

You can get this airport and island in Xplane for a $$s. Very difficult landings even in a Cessna. I ended in the water a few times.

[@spadgm]

Ha, I was thinking this while watching!

[@bobsurgranny]

If you can land there, you can land anywhere ;)

[@Jokertuning]

That's not true these guys hit an aircraft carrier

[@Butter-or2yo]

Uh no

[@Lengend-cu6ef]

@@Jokertuning I was thinking that same thing lol like this dude don’t know what he’s talking about

[@WyGill]

​@@Lengend-cu6ef says the one with a roblox avatar

[@kanyesrobloxaccount3933]

Imagine yielding for an airplane at an intersection..

[@SixStringflyboy]

No need to imagine. It happens all the time at Gibraltar. charismaticplanet.com/gibraltar-airport-runway-intersecting-a-road/

[@shahimagesyt]

Anchorage has that

[@getsideways7257]

@@SixStringflyboy Except here the planes are *flying*

[@kixigvak]

@@shahimagesyt At Merril Field? Kotzebue has it.

[@tardisrider25]

Watching this I sort of marvel at the wierd species we are. Not only do we make these machines that fly us through the air. We set up strange dangerous places like this to land on. Further we willingly drive, walk, and stand under those planes while they do that.

[@karlogrgas3000]

1:00 pilot honking at traffic and screaming- YO GUYS WATCH THIS

[@padan_fain]

more like: get that truck out of the way. Someone is trying to land over here... :D

[@rudolfabelin383]

Wow!! These I call pilots!!!! Also, now I understand why we Swedes gave back this island to France. It was the because of the airport!!! LOL.

[@gus473]

👍🇦🇽😎✌️

[@thesaint8400]

Ahhh, that explains the airport name then.

[@TheHDAviation]

Another great video from beautiful and windy St. Barths, that PC-12 at 2:55 sure looked low! Awesome footage.

[@samwatt7275]

TheHDAviation sure was!!

[@jdewitt77]

I saw this runway when I was in St. Barts a few years ago. Amazing how any pilot could land there.

[@francobobfred]

Of all places to build an airport this was the best area they could come up with?

[@GlensFallsRich]

They tried to consult you, but couldn't get ahold of you at the time.

[@frenchchicken2799]

@@GlensFallsRich LMAO

[@davem5333]

Yeah, that probably was the best available option. Those turboprop engines with reverse make it a lot easier.

[@statingtheobvious9452]

I don't see any obvious alternatives in the area when the camera pans out. All I see is mountains.

[@coasteyscoasteys]

@Robert S Don't need a degree to realize this is a stupid place for a runway

[@botchi1]

Thank you. Beautiful filming. I love landing here. Retired Pilot. Now MSFS 2020

[@sTaRkZ091]

Pilots will never not amaze me at what they do.

[@alaskanstrat6618]

3:25 , touches down and stops in less than 2 lines !!... Love those Twin Otters

[@irwansyahlubis2756]

Hi... Dear Sir good to see you.. Nice Landing Short Runway... Awesome Footage... God bless you. Warm regard, Lubis.

[@pilotjayden]

This reminds me of this song- "You can allwayyysss... GO AROUNDD!!" hahahahahha

[@g_a_b_r_i_e_l_]

You're not allowed to go around at st barts, I'm not sure why

[@pilotjayden]

@@g_a_b_r_i_e_l_ then what do we do when we miss an approach tho?

[@g_a_b_r_i_e_l_]

@@pilotjayden Here's your answer: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6uVoGOXmK6fo5Y

[@pilotjayden]

@@g_a_b_r_i_e_l_ I saw the vid, for him I think it's too late to go around, he should just abort the landing 😂

[@andyowens5494]

Gabriel Bryson Not true in that direction. Impossible if the wind is the other way. Evidence: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmqqfWaBgKeGgKc

[@737driver]

3:36 I can imagine it to be a contest, to take the taxiway without making a 180

[@operator0]

Those Otters can do it. Twin Turboprops has some pretty good beta and they have a real low stall speed.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@Despiser Despised Naw, only risking the lives of a dozen or so passengers-totally worth it! ;-} But really, as a pilot, once you fly to commercial standards, it's no big deal, and usually wind dependent. We always turned off at the first taxiway at our home airport when the wind was blowing from the north, 900' from the threshold. Piece of cake, and if you didn't easily make it, you just rolled 1000' and turned off at the next one. No risk involved, just standard short-field technique.

[@Soloman_Gumball]

@Despiser Despised Pussy

[@benjaminturk8030]

@Despiser Despised Every contest has its prize. All that matters is winning.

[@barbarachambers7974]

This is, in my opinion, the craziest airport in the world! And looks like the hardest.

[@Boeingspotter1]

Nice footage! Good thing those pilots are well trained. :)

[@andycopland3179]

That Twin Otter... I've made a few sketchy grass landings in the back or right seat of a couple of these aircraft. The Otter is by far my favourite aircraft to fly in.

[@blaster-zy7xx]

Im a private pilot but got to right seat an amphibious otter flying into Alaska fiords and do water landings. One of my highlights!

[@andycopland3179]

@@blaster-zy7xx that sounds awesome. It's such a great aircraft.

[@justdewit]

1:53 wow decent amount of side load. Thanks for uploading!!

[@rogerwilco2]

I love the Twin Otters, especially WinAir.

[@patrickpowell2236]

Thanks for the prequel view around the airport

[@imperialfragments]

Great vantage point. I would be tempted to sit and watch all day.

[@MR_1989]

Those TBM's are beautiful planes.

[@macrumpton]

I flew into that airstrip 30 years ago and they had some wrecked planes at the end of the runway. Maybe as a warning?

[@husky1343]

Superb video. Cheers from YUL One of the toughest landing strips

[@tamphex]

Engineers; "So how steep do you want the landing to be?" Them: "Yes"

[@mr.beetle1589]

No they were right .... You need a steeper landing curve ... When you're against onward gush of winds on a shorter landing space/ Visibility areas. The planes will tilt and pilots need to sort of Navigate to get that perfect landing. Bill still you need to be skilled as it comes to land in that strip

[@israfilekiz2288]

Sekde unlu sekde unlu kelebek kelebek2

[@energybengt]

Some of these are particularly insane!!! Amazing …

[@Seanire101]

Will have to try this in Flight Simulator 2020. 388 Eric H Eric H 3 months ago (edited) Seen a few comments now of "why don't they just land the other way." You always want to land into the wind. The lower your groundspeed (actual speed over the ground) the shorter distance you can land in/more screw-up room you have, etc. If your airspeed is 100 knots, and you have a 50 knot headwind, then in reality you're only doing 50 knots over the ground. If you had a 100 knot headwind, you'd be hovering and landing would be a piece of cake (look up short field/STOL landings for a good time...). The funny part of this video is while these landings are a little hairy, there's not much that's "dangerous" about these landings per se. Pilots do it all the time and all the aircraft in the video are capable of landing on that runway in zero wind conditions. The hardest part for most of the pilots here is just convincing the damn airplane to get on the ground. With all the air over the wings the aircraft just want to keep flying. 161 Rahul Maurya Rahul Maurya 2 years ago (edited) 1:46 the twin otter fighting the updraft + the lift generated by its own flaps 100/100 140 Tricky Rat Tricky Rat 1 week ago When MS Flight Simulator 2020 hits, I'll be trying this in a 747. :) 17 breadfan262 breadfan262 2 months ago The need a traffic light on that road for the planes! 99 Kanye's Roblox Kanye's Roblox 1 week ago Imagine yielding for an airplane at an intersection.. 12 ToyotaSupraFan1234 ToyotaSupraFan1234 3 months ago 2:52 10/10 landing 55 Karlo Grgas Karlo Grgas 3 months ago 1:00 pilot honking at traffic and screaming- YO GUYS WATCH THIS 52 Will have to try this in Flight Simulator 2020. 388 Eric H Eric H 3 months ago (edited) Seen a few comments now of "why don't they just land the other way." You always want to land into the wind. The lower your groundspeed (actual speed over the ground) the shorter distance you can land in/more screw-up room you have, etc. If your airspeed is 100 knots, and you have a 50 knot headwind, then in reality you're only doing 50 knots over the ground. If you had a 100 knot headwind, you'd be hovering and landing would be a piece of cake (look up short field/STOL landings for a good time...). The funny part of this video is while these landings are a little hairy, there's not much that's "dangerous" about these landings per se. Pilots do it all the time and all the aircraft in the video are capable of landing on that runway in zero wind conditions. The hardest part for most of the pilots here is just convincing the damn airplane to get on the ground. With all the air over the wings the aircraft just want to keep flying. 161 Rahul Maurya Rahul Maurya 2 years ago (edited) 1:46 the twin otter fighting the updraft + the lift generated by its own flaps 100/100 140 Tricky Rat Tricky Rat 1 week ago When MS Flight Simulator 2020 hits, I'll be trying this in a 747. :) 17 breadfan262 breadfan262 2 months ago The need a traffic light on that road for the planes! 99 Kanye's Roblox Kanye's Roblox 1 week ago Imagine yielding for an airplane at an intersection.. 12 ToyotaSupraFan1234 ToyotaSupraFan1234 3 months ago 2:52 10/10 landing 55 Karlo Grgas Karlo Grgas 3 months ago 1:00 pilot honking at traffic and screaming- YO GUYS WATCH THIS 52

[@-Datura-]

Most dangerous part of the vid is 2:44 That quadbike is clearly indicating to turn left but turns right. Mad person. Mad!

[@steve-marsh]

Wonderful video! Thank you!

[@ama230]

Thank you for posting footage most will never see : )

[@kwelitech4560]

Flat Bastard 422K views bozo most will see it 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MartinPrinzler]

The zoom beginning at 1:25 makes you question reality. Well done!

[@carolinecarolina6873]

CANNOT STOP WATCHING THIS EVERY DAY BY PASSING THE AIRPORT

[@yauya]

0:33 *Wind enters in the chat*

[@boubledouble1637]

Great video !!! Nice planes 🛬 and amazing airport 🏡🏝 !!!

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Awesome liked. In the end of the video, what was the plane behind winair?

[@samwatt7275]

DOMINICA AVIATION I forget sorry man!

[@caribbaviator7058]

The twin otter was born for that!!!

[@PriyabrataHalder]

1:35 DOWN BOY DOWN!!!

[@arashnayeb6106]

Man the new Flight Simulator looks just mindblowing.

[@noseefood1943]

"terrain! terrain! terrain!" oh fuck it!

[@paultreneary]

Watches video; looks up St Barts; vows to avoid travelling there.

[@timothydestanetwork4197]

Scary landing tho... Nose steep, but the runway is quite proper and well done captain.

[@commander2891]

those pilots are true heros

[@starkmms1]

I think I just held my breath thru the whole video.

[@HEALINGMUSICSTUDIO]

Looks like a dangerous airfield. I'm afraid I'll bump into you. Thank you for sharing your video. ^^*

[@vizitor11]

I've been in and out of there on the Winair Twin Otter. What a ride!

[@Soldmysoulforablurayplayer]

Ok this is probably a dumb question, but why do they not approach from the other end over the water, looks much safer that way. Or is it so if they overshoot they have more chance ditching in the sea than a hill?

[@mynameisray]

That twin otter just floating lol

[@clubredken13]

It looks like the traffic needs to part for a minute to let the planes thru. Is there a traffic light that lights up for that?

[@vampov]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was some kid being goofy on MS flight sim. These guys are badass.

[@アップルプルプル-s5m]

I love DHC-6. When I was young it flight Naha between Minamidaito island of Japan. :)

[@Elias-xy9kc]

No smoke coming out of the wheel’s here! 💨😄😅 And no jets here as well, only propeller’s! It seems absolutely a hard approach that only small planes can land here!🛩

[@jigrodrigues]

2:46 Jesus

[@Spray-N-Pray]

Yeah, that Pilatus' approach was straight for the road before they corrected and powered over it and back on glide slope.

[@djscuzzy17]

Bruuh that gold pc12 landed insane

[@wrongwayfeldman5393]

Wow that is one messed up airport good landings

[@palmesv]

Hi there, amazing clip! May I feature this in one of my videos, of course you will be credited in the video and description.

[@EpicHeroSandwich]

what a rough landing strip. tons of ground effect, high winds off the water, and a short runway.

[@robinho030]

I don't know how I got here, but what a great airport :D

[@alexchubbymclynn6060]

Very nice video! Thanks! Those guys know how to fly!)))

[@vinceiswatchingyou]

Camera?

[@BrendanTheGent]

Wow these landings were butter

[@maxsalman783]

That ground effect though!

[@LucasVanderBartlett]

Those PC12s com in so fast!

[@kleverich]

A constant strong headwind actual helps as it keeps down the ground speed. What you don't want is shifty wind or a crosswind.

[@StudioDaVeed]

Love the Cessna 208s

[@yuriyakpp]

мне нравится сетка в море - это на случай если перелетел)))

[@blessredy]

Oooooh wee that looks scary!

[@Progmium]

Holy dangerous!

[@trje246]

Good vid, thanks for sharing and nice camera work btw

[@barnold62]

That's crazy!

[@Ramoa111]

so cool how everyone dives in nose down

[@johnwhitesitt1472]

I flew here in early 1994(?) to do some construction work after a hurricane damaged the islnad. On approach I caught a glimpse of a plane floating upside down in the ocean beyond the runway. Found out later it had been deposited by the hurricane not a botched landing! The pucker factor was high. Later drove my car over that road and realized the pilots were landing at the bottom of a steep hill fighting car traffic and a short runway made me sick to my stomach all over again.

[@Kntryhart]

Amazing they can stop since the runway is 2100 feet long and most of the landings occur halfway down the runway. Most likely, not so enjoyable for passengers!

[@warbearin]

Pilots seem able to handle it.

[@SenseizenEn]

Have work tomorrow. 3am now. KZbin: U wanna look at planes landing in a windy condition? me: sure, why not?

[@kanwarjitsidhu8678]

They should remove dirt from the part of hill before runway. that will allow pilots to get lower

[@operator0]

This is a EU controlled airport. Can you imagine the red tape associated with just the environmental impact of digging up half the island for an airport?

[@Produto_Ideal]

Second, smooth landing....

[@ronparker3000]

With a good head wind you can float like a butterfly and land like a bea. 🐝

[@margin606]

BEA = British European Airways! Yeah!

[@Desertduleler_88]

Obviously the touch down point is critical on the piano markings whether or not a go around is required.

[@briand4000]

Go long, get wet. Simple as that. A fully stabilized approach, trimmed to exact approach speed is everything here!

[@nytom4info]

I played the pelican club in st. Bart’s! ;)

[@AccessAir]

I would love to see a de Havilland Dash 7 fly in there.

[@kyler2341]

do they have to give way to planes on that road?

[@lookwhoscomin]

Completed it mate

[@rodrigotorfer]

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE ANTONOV AIRPLANE LANDING THERE?

[@wrlord]

What, they couldn't find a highway median to turn into a landing strip?

[@da73]

Do they do this at night too?

[@chrisbalcer4893]

What became of all the Mini Mokes?

[@honestrunescaper]

What GPU are you using here?

[@YT159YT]

i love Twin Otters!

[@wecontrolthevideo]

You could stand on the ground and give the pilot a high five on the way by as he lands the plane.

[@frost7724]

nice catch

[@МузыкаСтранникаСтихиРомантика]

На тизере я подумал, что это видео про Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 😄😀😃

[@WurstWasser617]

FS 2020's looking great

[@tutu0533]

Why dont they land on other side of the runway?

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Omg yes, I would so do that.