View Full Version : Crazy DC-6 approach and landing on dirt strip.
AdamFrisch
6th Jan 2011, 23:55
Great footage of what I assume is a last flight of a South African DC-6 into a tight dirt strip. Look how close it comes to the trees on short final!
YouTube - DC-6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hmx1yqB3XQ)
Lantern10
7th Jan 2011, 00:05
Check out the guy sitting in the digger bucket at 2.45.
Classic.
henry crun
7th Jan 2011, 03:15
You are tad late with that, it was posted on this forum about 3 weeks ago.
con-pilot
7th Jan 2011, 18:05
You are tad late with that, it was posted on this forum about 3 weeks ago.
Yes it was and I saw nothing crazy, but instead a well planned approach and very good landing.
MarkerInbound
7th Jan 2011, 19:48
It's one thing to flood an (or 2) engine coming out of reverse, I can't imagine they left the auto-feather armed the whole flight.
rodthesod
8th Jan 2011, 00:06
For once I entirely agree with con-pilot. I feel sad that the modern generation of aviators with their fbw machines will probably never get to hone skills like that in a lifetime of flying.
Yes it was and I saw nothing crazy, but instead a well planned approach and very good landing.
Totally agree, and I flew the DC-6 for quite some time...long ago.