The latest Alaskan contest in Valdez.
http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-05-12_stol.asp
Butch

I love this stuff!

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.

Dall85,
Was that a L19?
Butch

Thats a a great post, I love it.

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

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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Thanks very much. Absolutely amazing!

My last short takeoff and landing was out of Fairbanks, on the BLM strip. It was in a Helio Courier.
Butch

quite well done