Its like a trials bike - but with an airplane.

@umhewwo8006

4 жыл бұрын

John Williams, biked, and planes are the best.

@shredder_mang3211

4 жыл бұрын

John Williams ur right

@jeffjackson868

4 жыл бұрын

Amen! Lol

@jarednichs3450

2 жыл бұрын

The Danny Macaskill of planes

Aircraft carrier shmaircraft carrier. You could land that thing on a bass boat

@mqbitsko25

4 жыл бұрын

Sideways.

@protectoroffaith

4 жыл бұрын

And take off lol

I LOVE how the ENTIRE Family is involved with this! Awesome stuff! Good job HENRY FAMILY!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bryan! I love that part as well!

@sarahenry3879

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Me too :)

2.5 feet less more and it's a horizontal helicopter!

@cliffcorbitt9494

4 жыл бұрын

they float in airshows all the time . you ever been to one??? i got to see an airshow everysingal 4 years when my father was in the airforce when i was a child.

Next week: the wind picked up and Steve flew backwards.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@totallyjonesin

4 жыл бұрын

In Wyoming they lift off in their own footprint. aviationhumor.net/wyoming-wind-sock/

@totallyjonesin

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveHenry You might enjoy the jokes on that site Steve.

@ziggy2shus624

4 жыл бұрын

i have seen ultralights fly backwards.

@docwill184

4 жыл бұрын

Wind Craft Quads; We had a jump-pilot do similar in the ferocious winds at Livermore, CA c. 1970, Johnny.........(a member of the WWII 'Silkworm Club'). He hovered our empty Aeronca Champ overhead and, ever so slowly, got it to back up. Parenthetically, that little plane, stripped of anything unnecessary for skydiving, could haul four jumpers wearing the heavy gear of that era and the pilot.

I cancel flights when it’s too windy. This guy goes out and sets records. Very impressive!

@BenoitHamerlynck

4 жыл бұрын

This lot of wind makes just he has extra lift under the wings. Without that wind his take off shouldn't be that short.

@teaboi182

3 жыл бұрын

@@daviddou1408 exactly, and the wind is air moving onto your wings :D

@CONEHEADDK

2 жыл бұрын

I love to fly fish in the worst weather. A bit challenging, and turns all other weather into pieces of cake. Maybe it's the same for plane-nerds.?

@JoeCnNd

2 жыл бұрын

@@CONEHEADDK Rains the best for fishing.

@CONEHEADDK

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeCnNd That's a myth. If you are bad at hiding, the fish see you above the water. When it rains, the surface is impossible for them to see through. That's one of the reasons, that untrained anglers can have more luck in the rain. Also that most people go home, so you have access to more undisturbed water. And sometimes rain hits insects in the air, resulting in them landing on the water, where using flies that imitate them, can be effective. But if you know, what you're doing, the best weather is any weather. I just love casting (fighting the storm) bcz I'm almost always alone, and that mastering storms makes all other days pieces of cake. I really barely care about catching any more, as long as I know, the fish are there. I'm a nerd. :D

"Landing strip? Where we're going we don't need landing strips." With apologies to Doc Brown ;)

@jacobwest8629

4 жыл бұрын

At the end of "Back to the Future"! And the beginning of"Back to the Future 2"!...lol!

You're in my town! I drive past that airport everyday. This video was impressive

I was only showing my buddy your recent 6ft one last night, I go to bed and now this... Way to push the bar up pal, legends are made like this :)

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@duncthomas3327

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveHenry ive heard of a plane flying slower than airspeed so it appears to fly backwards... Fiestler Storch I think...reckon you can?

@duncthomas3327

4 жыл бұрын

Fieseler*

@baara100

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I showed my buddy the 6 foot last night. Then i saw someone upload a 25ft take off video and me and him were laughing like omg thats long compared to the 6.....then i see the 2.5. Sweet jesus

Outstanding! Who needs a tailhook and a wire to trap when you have a 300 HP Highlander!

@dennischen6127

4 жыл бұрын

but highlander cannot go mach 2 and carry 8 tons of bombs

@PhilbyFavourites

4 жыл бұрын

Dennis Chen: but a thousand of them could do a good job of overwhelming an enemies defences if used with some skill.

@billythekid3234

4 жыл бұрын

Unless the enemy had 22lr guns,LOL!

@dennischen6127

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhilbyFavourites lol, that enemies air defence is pretty third world if it can easily be overwhelmed by a bunch of highlanders on fat tires

@CONEHEADDK

2 жыл бұрын

@@billythekid3234 They could fly so low, that they were hard to hit, without shooting your own cities to trash.

Brilliant! Love it Steve- and great work by the rest of the family recording this...GREAT job all.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

I really love my family being involved!

@sarahenry3879

4 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to be part of this!

@nealparnell5403

4 жыл бұрын

Juan Brown. Cool.

Runway: Am I a joke to you? Kevin: Hey, we had a good run but you're holding me back.

Just amazing Steve!!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cory!😊

All you need is a strong Wind and there you are, 2.5 feet take off and landing. Genius!

I saw the 6' take off just a minute ago, and was blown away....2.5' brakes locked? Holy shit!!!

Great job. Fun watching you guys. I'll be glad when we can see you guys again

This is the best thing I seen today. Love it.

Way to go Steve! These videos are great, your plane runs pretty well the engine is beautiful

That’s absolutely crazy. Great pilot 👍🏼

Thank you for posting this video of wild fun !!!

This is insane!!! Great job Steve... and Mrs Steve :-))

You really STOL the show (and our hearts) with this one. Cheers!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Heck that may as well bw VTOL. I was impressed last week with the 6ft take of. WOW Great Job..

We used to do that all the time at Harvey Young airport in Tulsa...usually in a stock J3 Cub. I have "talken off", flown backward and landed behing from where I started.

Wow, that's insane. Watching it with my wife on our big screen. It's amazing. This must be a new world record!

@akindudeerada5840

4 жыл бұрын

I think the takeoff probably is, but the landing was longer than the world record. The record is 'bout 9 feet.

I became a fan years ago when I was thinking about dead stick landings. I had been aboard a glider during a dead stick landing . . . because gliders do that pretty much every time. So my brain substituted "takeoff" for "landing" and I typed it into youtube and there was Tail Drager Fun doing a DEAD STICK TAKEOFF. I almost cheered out loud. I watched that dead stick takeoff a dozen times at least. So I was compelled to follow Steve Henry's adventures. Thank you, Steve.

Keep it up Steve, incredible stuff

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brandon!

What you're doing looks like alot of fun! Amazing!

Well done Sir...well done. That is one crazy lil' bird you got there.

Hi, I'm an aircraft enthusiast from India. And your channel is awesome. Great achievement by the way 👍

Freaking awesome Steve!! So proud of you and LOVE cheering you on❤

@SteveHenry

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

JUST PLAIN BADASS!!!! So cool, I LOVE it.

I remember back in the 60's they flying group took out the 65 HP and installed an 85 HP in the Aernoca Champ (my 2 uncles came out of WWII as mechanics). They took her up (8KO) and landed normally. Then they took off and landed cross-wise to the runway! After that they just took off and landed on the short taxi-way from the hanger!

Best wings design and ofcourse pilot skills👏

Wow!!!!!!!!! Just brilliant! The combination of man and machine is extremely impressive. I've watched this video over again just for the kick of seeing you enjoy yourself! Superb!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lloyd, I do have a lot of fun!

@lloydrobert6182

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveHenry Without doubt, buddy. Hope all well with you and your loved family.

Wind and prop wash take off. Amazing!

That is amazing! Great job!

I like your style! Thanks for sharing

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and you are welcome!😊

Absolutely amazing!! You could practically land that in my driveway! Great to see your daughter so involved. Keep reaching for new goals!

@777rogerf

Жыл бұрын

The wind was a major factor. But it's not a competition--just for fun.

To be able to take off and land in an area smaller than my kitchen island is insane!

I like aerodynamics' laws... Good job. 👏👏👏

Amazing. Fun to watch!

Amazing results!

I love the sound of that Yamaha winding up!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Wow! Amazing job Steve!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

I bet you could hover ! Love what you do! Well done 👍

Amazing! It's my dream to own one of those one day, but I live in Ireland, not many bush planes here at all, or much use for them! Maybe I should change that lol.. Great video guys,! 👌

Family Camera Crew !! Super cool plane and pilot!

the awesome factor of this is unbeatable! i’m amazed there are people that live sad enough lives to give it a thumbs down.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

There’s always going to be a few haters. Oh well

We saw a yellow Navy rescue plane at a NAS air show taking off “straight up” on a really windy day. He had some fun bouncing straight up and down. The announcer did joke, “is it a plane?... Or a helicopter?”

Sweet!!!! Bring that up to COE sometime! Lots of fun and challenging places to fly around these parts.

Wow! That looks like too much fun!

@SteveHenry

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely is fun and exciting!

Unbelievable, well done.

That is crazyyyyyyyy That’s so impressive Like wow I’m blown away . What a unit .

@SteveHenry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, It really is an amazing aircraft.

I love this AIR-PLANE !

That’s some skilled man! 😮😮😮

Incredible! Very cool!

Great job Steve 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Totally Cool!! I hope you win your next Airshow Competition!! That's some amazing Piloting!!

@SteveHenry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I hope I do too, it’s December 4th and 5th in Florida.

Unreal! Awesome !

This video makes one fall in love with aircrafts

Absolutely fascinating.

Hello, you are a top light gun pilot! Greetings from Portugal.

Awesome piloting. Congrats.

Man that is Awesome!!

When I was a New Pilot we had 20-35mph trade winds straight down the runway every afternoon (at my near the coast airport ) ... I loved slow flight on the edge of the stall & really short landings........ THIS looks like so much fun,.... wish I were 30 again... I could do this............. A LOT ! Great VIDEO !

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that would be incredible to have that much wind that was steady and not all gusty like it always is if it blows here. Although our gusty wind does make a fun challenge. 😊

@robertlafnear4865

4 жыл бұрын

Oh Thank You again for the fun show you put on........ the flight school that taught me was Compton Aviation, Compton, Cal.( 1978/9 and almost every day we had a nice trade wind come up... I watch your short T.O. and every time I'm astounded that that plane JUMPS off the ground............... cool ! FLY LOTS... FLY SAFE.

Nice job hovering. Impressive.

Cool looking helicopter!

This guy is my new hero!

@SteveHenry

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sick.....I love it.....best video thus far!! Freaking amazing.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Absolutely awesome!!!

It takes me longer to take off with an rc plane. Great job man that’s awesome!!

As I commented on a previous video a couple of days ago, I have witnessed (in July 1977) a tiny commercial short-haul flight coming into the Banak / Lakselv airport in Northern Norway during a full storm (25 m/s, 50 knots) blowing perpendicular to the single runway: He did a zero foot vertical landing directly into the wind, so across the runway, then he increased revs to taxi over to the terminal building. In winter they had ropes strung between buildings in this area. What I'm getting at is that with your setup you could obviously do a pure VTOL given a steady headwind.

2.5 feet with the brakes locked. WITH THE BRAKES LOCKED!!!!!!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

I knew I could do it! It would be super easy on wet grass or something like that but this was just dry ground.

This is amazing!!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sara!😊

And I thought your 6' takeoff was crazy.

Totally kick arse. I'm so glad you get to enjoy such a ride... be well and feel good.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

You know I just have to pinch myself a lot of days because I can hardly believe that I actually get to do this!

@bashjustbash4475

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveHenry Well then rock it out and have the most fun you can... I'm sure there is something after this life, but this one is guaranteed so it brings me joy to see you doing your thing! Cheers!

Ole 44’s on the line, winds-a-plenty, that’s sublime. Rev that engine, 300hp,two an one half feet, oh what a climb!!! Records are broken, Steve’s the one, Tweedledee Tweedledum!!!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

No problem landing perpendicular to the landing strip.

My grandpa worked for the FAA training pilots during ww2, he loved to tell the story of landing a Cessna 172 moving backwards

@bigpicturethinking5620

4 жыл бұрын

Cessna 172 was first introduced in the 50s, long after ww2.

@bigdaddy4027

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigpicturethinking5620 he didn't say his grandpa landed a 172 backwards during ww2, only that he trained pilots during ww2.

I landed, turned around and then took off all within the run-up pad at the head of the runway. Did it in a Cherokee 140 (into a 40 mph headwind!!!)

My Bible commands that I should not covet. But seeing your airplane really tests me.

This is VTOL. Definitely not STOL.

@akindudeerada5840

4 жыл бұрын

Well, almost😁

@kbjerke

4 жыл бұрын

It is RSTOL. Rediculously Short Takeoff and Landing.

@kaikart123

3 жыл бұрын

Well, AVTOL to be fair. Almost Vertical Take Off Landing

@suhardiyanto1231

3 жыл бұрын

Gambar dan ukuran detilnya

awesome man!!! greate respect - greats from Germany 😃

NICE JOB! 😁👍

Mighty impressive!

This is absolutely phenomenal!!! I’m talking YEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAW! What’s truly amazing about this one is how much anyone could care about nonsense. Keep it up dynamo.

Steve I didn't know you flew helicopters! Couldn't even see the marker on the tire move during that last take off!

Awesome. I started flying out of Nampa.

This is so awesome. Great work and please tell Sara great camera work and hello for me. So cool to see her out there videoing with you all the time.

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Getting closer to hovering. Keep it up. Jess

Watching the experimentation and testing is such a joy and love the family. You should test a weights Highlander. Example with how much loaded weight like a passenger, plus gear, etc and how far does it handle in STOL then. Back country extreme STOL. LOVE THAT YEEHAA!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

Even fully loaded this aircraft will land and takeoff much shorter than most. I love my family being a part of it as well!😊

Only fly model aircraft, but hats off to you. Just keep it safe out there!

Looked like 26 inches. That's just incredible!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re right but I just didn’t want to hear arguments so I just said 2 1/2 feet.

I can't even do that in my R/C plane!

@akindudeerada5840

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Man I dont know anything about planes but this was in my recommended and thats pretty cool!

@SteveHenry

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it!😊

That's totally awesome.

That engine spools up FAST.

Steve is one cool dude! Personality on camera is the same off 👍

Impressed! Both by the short takeoff and the short landing, but most by the short landing! You have to arrive at the spot to do the landing, and if you misjudge it, you might stall out early and get hurt. So harder to judge. Taking off is much easier, you at least know exactly where you are when you start. I assume, I only fly in computer games. This looks insane! In a good way.