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www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSHM4LlMIM All it that is $$$$$$ and lots of them to enjoy the bush plane of your dreams | ||
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I've some time in a PC-6 with a recip engine. Not quite as impressive as a turbine Porter, but pretty much fun to fly. I owned a Helio Courier at the time. Same idea, less power. I've also flown a Maule. There's a video somewhere showing a Maule taking off from inside a barn. STOL is fascinating. | |||
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What a bird! That film looks to be 30 or 40 years old, eh? There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Would love to have the chance to fly the Pilatus and then the Helio Stallion on the same day for a comparison. | |||
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Hi all Labdad I agree that would be great fun.Fifty years flying this year and still flying a Beaver in the High Arctic all summer.Never flew a PC-6 but had a demo flight in one many years ago all I can say is Whow! Bill DRSS | |||
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Wow, some of those landings had some pucker factor to them! Looks like an interesting flight experience. I've flown in a few SNJ-6's at Warbirds, but never anything which could be classified as a bush plane. | |||
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Check out one of the videos where a PC-6 driver beats the skydivers he just took to 12,000feet back to the ground, by deploying full flaps and going vertical, nose down and passing his parachutists in freefall. There are a couple of good videos on YouTube that show the PC-6 waiting STOPPED back on the apron while the parachutists are still dangling under their chutes. That's a Ride I would prefer to watch from the ground with a long lens. AD If I provoke you into thinking then I've done my good deed for the day! Those who manage to provoke themselves into other activities have only themselves to blame. *We Band of 45-70er's* 35 year Life Member of the NRA NRA Life Member since 1984 | |||
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Well, at least you don't have to worry about any front cylinders shock cooling! Had a friend that was flying a King Air 90 in Hawaii descend into the water after a bunch of hops in one day. | |||
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Nice to be able to get by with a 10 foot runway. Cool plane. | |||
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How does a comment on front cylinders shock cooling connect to someone ditching a King Air 90 which has only ever been made with PT6 turbo-prop engines? If I provoke you into thinking then I've done my good deed for the day! Those who manage to provoke themselves into other activities have only themselves to blame. *We Band of 45-70er's* 35 year Life Member of the NRA NRA Life Member since 1984 | |||
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