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Alaska Maule M6 STOL, Glacier landing gone wrong
Took the maule on a little ski trip with usual suspects Brad and Brian. It was a beautiful day with little wind and clear skies. I made a couple of drags with the skis and things felt good until the plane slowed down and the cut through the crust, burring the downhill ski about three feet. It took some manual labor to get her dug out but all in good fun as we still were able to make some good ski runs.
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Brings back memories, including digging out my slightly stuck Maule.
This is the greatest! The laugh says "reject friends having too much fun"! I can only imagine if Don Sheldon had a youtube channel...
@olivercoray
Жыл бұрын
If we could slap a go pro on all the early great Alaska bush pilots I would subscribe to that shit in a heart beat!
That was quite the adventure!😊
Dang, you guys! Glad you had a nice day and made it out ok. Could have been worse. Stay safe - thanks for sharing.
@olivercoray
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! Very fun day, few lessons… :)
Hmm. I need new friends and one with a Maule. This was fun to watch and had an uneventful end 😎👍
Carefully move the elevator then whack it with the shovel
"You have a shovel, right?" Ha! This Idaho mountain ski pilot totally sympathizes, my issue is rocks, just barely covered.
@olivercoray
2 жыл бұрын
I think I’d take the deep snow! Rocks sure don’t give much do they?
@portnuefflyer
2 жыл бұрын
@@olivercoray It can be hard on the plastic bottoms for sure, but never have hurt any structure. Worth it!
Excellent video. I'm just starting out ski flying and found this helpful. Pretty good floatation considering the load out you had on this flight.
@olivercoray
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah 1000 pounds is a bit to carry into deep snow. I need smaller friends. :)
Wowza. That’s deep.
I wish I had the money to take a $100k+ vehicle and treat it like it’s a snowmobile 😢
@olivercoray
Жыл бұрын
That makes two of us…
I had Maule MX-7 with an O-540. Sure miss her…
@matthewsanger5699
Жыл бұрын
No smoking rivets
Nice! I made one the other day! Knik area!
@olivercoray
2 жыл бұрын
Great area to fly around!
what great fun, wish we had opportunities for glacier and snow landings here in Puget Sound and Washington. Noticed that you have SeaPlane Doors. Did you install, have someone else or or or..... STC or factory kit?
@olivercoray
2 жыл бұрын
It was an STC, installed before I bought the plane. It’s a really nice mod, if I’m not flying fast you can leave them open. I’m redoing all of plastics soon and plan on changing the doors a little more, adding some plaid glass to the back doors
今残された数少ないフロンティアーだね。素晴らしい世界を見せてくれてありがとう。
Was this landing necessary you are crazy!
@olivercoray
7 ай бұрын
Necessary no, what we do for a little adventure…
What you did is stupidly risky. Too many things to go wrong.
@olivercoray
6 ай бұрын
With risk comes reward. Beats sitting on the couch watching KZread videos of other people living their best lives.
That was quite the adventure!😊