As the saying goes, "any landing you walk away from is a good one"! I have experienced my sharel of STOL take off's and landings. Closest one I had was in a Bird Dog in 1971.
I was a passenger on a C130 that completed a full tactical landing, the approach attitude, impact (as we hit the runway) and de-acceleration was gob-smacking - make that bloody frightening. We were not allowed to retain our small arms in hand for the landing, they had to be specially stowed and afterwards we knew why. But man it was short.
Cheers
Posts: 605 | Location: Southland, New Zealand | Registered: 11 February 2005
Had a Caribou come in to pick me and my boss (a Major) up once, tha damn plane dropped onto the strip, they lowered the ramp and kept going. We had to run and jump onto the ramp with all of our gear (Pack, webbing, Rifle), they closed the ramp and accelerated off and up.
It was interesting to say the least.
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Posts: 3191 | Location: Victoria, Australia | Registered: 01 March 2007
