172 upside down at Darwin
 

G'day folks just heard there was a 172 the wrong way up on rwy 36 at darwin, no one hurt I hope.
Any more info?

Yep, the Darwin Flying School's aircraft, for those who would remember it - it's been in Darwin forever.

No one hurt - gusty day with crosswind on the short runway - do your own math...

Darwin has a short runway? I just thought it was shorter, but not short:}

True, but you could experiment with LAHSO runway 18:

"Clear to land runway 18, hold short runway 11..."

That would make it somewhat more sporting.

Seen a twotter do it a few times......

How does a short runway (1524 meters) contribute to flipping on your roof?

Sporting
 

Flying Bear
I've seen Nomads and DC3s landing on 18 turn off onto the old 'disused'. It cost me a beer the first time I saw it done :{

Wasn't UNR was it? I assume DFS hasn't changed its 172's since XXZ. I've had UNR off 18 easy on the taxiway left before the intersection (Y2 isn't it? Has been a while) plenty of times... but then it IS just a 172.

Who's running the joint up there these days now that Dale is gone? Phil still CP/CFI?

P.S. NFR, what you up to these days? Last time I ran into you, you and Dave D were still up the tower at DN... can't remember when that was though. '02?

Short Runway?
 

Try clear to land runway 11 in a Chieftain, turn off (to the south) taxiway Charlie.

Been a while but I didn't think it was that sporting....pretty sure I used to do it in a Baron. Maybe my memory doesn't serve me correctly.

Saw a Westwind do that once !!