It's like an aircraft carrier without the cables

@billyw5493

3 жыл бұрын

No, an aircraft is much more shorter

@pbasswil

3 жыл бұрын

I was think the same thing; they should consider adding an arrester hook and a steam catapult :^D! lol

@pbasswil

3 жыл бұрын

I see one R. Langford beat me to that quip, below - apologies.

@ronald6138

3 жыл бұрын

there you go

@markfox1545

3 жыл бұрын

Also it isn't on a ship. So not really like it at all, in fact.

the only runway in the world where they close it due to lack of wind.

@karabinjr

3 жыл бұрын

Noel Whittle that’s what i thought ;)

@XB10001

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@footballaustin55

3 жыл бұрын

Facts lol

@xuchun5371

3 жыл бұрын

it is a perfect airplane for this perfect runway ! no one tell you 747 can land here.

@robertbowmaker9468

3 жыл бұрын

This would be a funny joke, but that's assuming it's not actually true... darn you, Poe's law!

It's gradually getting longer, the planes that run off the end they just pile them up and pave over top of them.

@ccarniver

3 жыл бұрын

I had a good laugh!

@tidaltidaltidal

3 жыл бұрын

Oh shit 😭🤣

@wandcamilo3989

3 жыл бұрын

oh theres the dumb comment!

@frankhall8522

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a dirt landing strip in Taveuni in the Fiji Islands in 1980. The approach was similar but fortunately the strip was longer.

@MasaTenorPianist

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no !⚡️

The wind gives the runway ‘invisible’ length. Landing into the wind ensures lower speed ‘over ground’ but maintains airspeed over wings. Taking off into strong wind means you have airspeed over the wings whilst stationary..... so you’re ahead of the game before you throttle up.

@DansModelBench

3 жыл бұрын

But if you aren't on your game, bring your bathers.

@fastfootedone

3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing they can't just land and take off when there's wind -- that's pretty restrictive. Although, on that point, there might typically be wind.

@theuniversewithin74

3 жыл бұрын

No shit, Sherlock.

@ishadyishady6883

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@fromagefrizzbizz9377

3 жыл бұрын

@@fastfootedone The Twin Otter in still air at MTOW can take off to 50' in 1200' of runway. The runway is 1300'. The landing rollout is 1000'. But of course the pilot has to be careful, there's not a lot of extra margin. Much of a tailwind could be fatal.

And the guy isn't even using the whole runway. He managed to brake and control timely to turn into the taxiway...hands down. Hats off !

The strong wind at the nose helps bigtime.

@williamfulgham2010

3 жыл бұрын

Somewhat, but it was more like a cross wind from the port side.

@ckmoore101

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. It would be REALLY impressive if he lands from opposite direction.

@z0uLess

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is the point -- you probably cant land and take off without it

@williamfulgham2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@z0uLess It looks like that would be the case especially with his long take off. I watched it again and the 1st time I must have missed seeing the wind sock, because it does look like it was almost a straight on head wind.

@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj

3 жыл бұрын

@@ckmoore101 Or heads for a dive.

Yup!!! I’ve been to Saba and remember going on that plane! Scary as hell. What they don’t show you in this vid, is how close the planes wing gets to the side of the cliff when you’re coming in for a landing. I miss Saba and want to go back again but maybe this time by boat lol.

@osamaz2780

2 жыл бұрын

Why do people go there?

@IndomitableT

2 жыл бұрын

@@osamaz2780. Look it up, it is a gorgeous emerald in the blue sea surrounding it. It has fabulous nature, hiking, scuba diving and relaxing of course🌊☺️

@oppoandroidf1174

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha,...by boat...👍👍👍😆😆😋

@facepalmsmom5512

2 жыл бұрын

@@osamaz2780 because it’s beautiful. My bestie is from there so I went whack home with her when I was 18. I loved it minus the landing lol.

if you listen carefully you can hear the tower controller scream "increase island to full speed!"

@annaseban7958

3 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@brettrun8575

3 жыл бұрын

Anna Seban was that an attempt at a joke or are you literally that stupid?

@annaseban7958

3 жыл бұрын

brett run no I just have bad hearing

@annaseban7958

3 жыл бұрын

brett run think before you say something like that

@brettrun8575

3 жыл бұрын

Anna Seban you really don’t understand how stupid that question was? Comparing an island to an aircraft carrier? Please tell me you got it.

This is in Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, Juancho Yrausquin Airport, ICAO code TNCS. The aircraft is an DHC6-300 TWIN OTTER The best one of his kind, enjoy!!!

@sengchenteh

3 жыл бұрын

Proud of you！ I was wondering…

All i could think of while watching this was, how much i'd love living there...it must be super remote, no covid, no crazy news 24/7...just doing your job on the island..get your weekly delivery by that plane, enjoy life...

@dirtydogg37able

3 жыл бұрын

COVID-19: "I just purchased my ticket, stay tuned..."

@TimeDagar

3 жыл бұрын

The pathogen to worry about is unmitigated irrational paranoia being cultivated in the minds of healthy people. Get informed...and no....not from the news. Have people forgotten that you can't believe everything you see on TV? Its a production. Not the raw truth.

@HansHenderson

3 жыл бұрын

Don't think they're letting us in. Wifi's too slow anyway

@thatboi2274

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called Saba it’s in the carribean

@johnburt1438

2 жыл бұрын

Most people have two or more jobs. The guy that stamped my passport appeared as a waiter at the Chinese restaurant that evening and as a fireman the next day. My taxi driver by day was a restaurant owner/operator by night.

Been there 35 years ago diving. This runway looks the same in the video. The facilities appear to be upgraded substantially. The waiting area was a gazebo type shelter with 2 picnic tables. The few airport personnel were playing dominoes waiting for arrivals and departures. The entire island was fantastic, got some on Queenies Saba Spice.

The only airport in the world where the captain directs the passengers to assume crash position prior to takeoff.

@selebalotsiu7139

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahaa

@TheJamiealex

3 жыл бұрын

Saba is a great dive spot.

"Rolling, 20 knots V1 rotate!" - blimey.

@pakkiaman2

9 жыл бұрын

alfievision hahahahahahahhahahaah 20 knots XD

@jacobcom3494

9 жыл бұрын

alfievision LOL!

@joebatters6508

9 жыл бұрын

That's about right for the Twin Otter.

@Chuck88keys

8 жыл бұрын

+alfievision Only an IDIOT would say "rotate" when rolling at only 20 knots DISASTER

@stevecooksley

8 жыл бұрын

Humour is not your strong point I see

Well if it goes wrong you get a boat trip instead....

@sadikmeah4057

8 жыл бұрын

LUCKYJ3SS3 Or an enthusiastic pod of Orca whales who are known to patrol these shores in search of a bad take off!!!

@phapnui

7 жыл бұрын

Or do some snorkeling...

@anonymike8280

3 жыл бұрын

You've got a little space to glide down and try to get some lift. I'm not a pilot, but if I was, I would take off out of that place and never come back.

@ChickenLiver911

3 жыл бұрын

That would be both my first and last ocean cruise.

@klauspendolo1393

3 жыл бұрын

Respect if you can launch a boat from that airfield! 😂

Nice video!

This is just awesome! Both takeoff and landing were equally interesting to watch.

It's quite a tense landing for passengers, having been there. The take-off is no less stressful, or should I say, exciting ... wonderful island, fabulous people.

@savedfaves

Жыл бұрын

Exciting isn’t a word that comes to mind. Death-defying maybe. Landing seems insane

"Short" is offensive. It's "length challenged".

@1996REDWOLF1996

4 жыл бұрын

ah reference to kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWZpq5Sfqqmtn7w.html

@isaacho4573

4 жыл бұрын

Ok snowflake

@isaacho4573

4 жыл бұрын

@WillGaming94 ok snowflake

@1996REDWOLF1996

4 жыл бұрын

@Tanishq Chauhan that man is corect tho say thing as they are dont fucking make them pritier

@rkempson1177

3 жыл бұрын

The word "challenged" is offensive and threatening to mankind. ooopps, I meant humankind.

Always helpful when your airspeed is 45 kts before you even release the parking brake!

@ianwhyte930

3 жыл бұрын

Try plockton .......

@klauspendolo1393

3 жыл бұрын

R. Expecially if your take off speed is 46 knots 😅

@gormauslander

3 жыл бұрын

I imagine the an2 would have a grand time here

@jamesbong7852

2 жыл бұрын

So long as it doesn't increase & start blowing you backwards!!! 😦

Between that headwind and it being a Twin Otter I was almost expecting a vertical takeoff

love all the comments complaining about the noise of the wind... they didn't have to share this amazing video with us. I don't see you out there capturing cool videos. everyone's got to complain about something all the time. Thanks for uploading. wind noise or not

@Farweasel

8 жыл бұрын

I'm not too sure I'm entirely happy with the grammatical construction of that observation Me. Besdie which, to get your point across I feel what it really needs is an amazing video of someone carping pointlessly about suffering from wind attached to it. Also, for completeness, it needs a perfectly good heading which people can pedantically point out is technically incorrect.

@davidkamerath7749

7 жыл бұрын

You kidding me? That wind is a beautiful sound. It would be a much scarier video without it

@NathanielOffer

7 жыл бұрын

Whats to complain about? I've got volume control on my pc and it solves the problem nicely.

@fiucikmiselfo1922

6 жыл бұрын

+Me 2016 complaining is a jewish thing

@manhoosnick

5 жыл бұрын

Well said

Nice video! The deHavilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a fantastic aircraft to fly because of its ability to land almost everywhere, land and sea. Now it is produced by Viking Air. I wish I had one.

@williamgates8412

5 жыл бұрын

Pintuxo h

@DickDebonaire

11 ай бұрын

I wish I had any airplane. And the skills/training to fly it. That's where X-Plane 11 comes in, to get my fix

It takes a special sort of pilot to say "I'm going to go full throttle off that cliff"

@klauspendolo1393

3 жыл бұрын

Harrison Hedge 😂😂😂😂

@coryavila01

3 жыл бұрын

No shit! That must be some kind of rush!

@atl7398

3 жыл бұрын

better than going half throttle

@gormauslander

3 жыл бұрын

@gary ashe an aircraft carrier can make itself longer by moving under the airplane. Island is stationary

@nancykelly9393

2 жыл бұрын

Hang glider pilots do it all the time! Adrenaline rush for sure.

Rotating with 2 feet left of the runway. Those pilots got some balls, man. And the passengers, bladder of steel LOL!

It looks like a catapult and arrestor wires might be useful here. ;-)

@MsLordenatas

8 жыл бұрын

Write Brothers agree with the catapult.

@hardlydank932

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah mate passengers would f*cking love that

@miked894

5 жыл бұрын

Thank God for winds nearly straight down the concrete.

@cancelanime1507

5 жыл бұрын

And pull 3 gs on takeoff

@windwalker5765

3 жыл бұрын

Nah man, ski jump

They need a steam catapult here and arresting wires.

@Sprocket-Mecurio

3 жыл бұрын

Arresting Wires, - what the heck felony did the plane commit?

@jimmysavile69

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sprocket-Mecurio it commited aircraft carrier.

@bigfish7493

3 жыл бұрын

That's rich! Sorry, no boiler!

@georgeheld1901

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sprocket-Mecurio concealed aircraft carry without a permit

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sprocket-Mecurio -- Nope. Just DeHavelin Canada, and Viking Air. to make the amazing Twin Otter.

What we have here is an aircraft carrier that can`t be sunk.

@paulabraham2550

3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to note that it's quite a bit longer than even the biggest carriers. It doesn't have any of the assistance gear either, of course, but even so...

@thomasfitzgerald1027

3 жыл бұрын

Where is the arresting gear?!?

@JimAllen-Persona

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I was just thinking the only way a jet is taking off from that runway is with a cat..

@Orca19904

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulabraham2550 400 meters vs about 150 meters for the landing area on a Nimitz-class flight deck.

@RealConstructor

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasfitzgerald1027 In the sea

That's a very short runway. Back in the 1970's when I was a private pilot in Hawaii, the old WW II military runway at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor was open to private planes to practice touch and goes. It was really short but a bit longer than this one. I left Hawaii in 1978 and the Ford Island runway was still available for private planes. I returned on business in 2001 and it had been plowed under but you could tell it had been a runway. The Navy hasn't built anything on it so I suspect they just wanted to close it to private planes practicing. Perhaps because NSA built a large facility about 100 meters from the threshold or perhaps they had one or more accidents since the crosswinds on the approach could require full opposite rudder and still had to land with a significant crab into the wind. Great fun flying around the Hawaiian islands. Initial takeoffs and the landings were at Honolulu International airport squeezed in between 747's and many other passenger planes. Tower always wanted us to land as quickly as possible and turn off because a Heavy was always in the approach behind me.

@jeremycrowder6554

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? Well I used to watch Magnum P.I. ;)

@tasercs

2 жыл бұрын

An interesting story. I just looked at it on Google Maps and the 'runway' layout is visible. may even be able to see some paint from the runway numbers.

@dr.dwarakanathdonthula9528

Жыл бұрын

Incredibly short runway Hatsoff to pilots

and the award for the youtube video with the most wind noise ever goes to...THIS GUY!!!!

From a Saba site: Depending on wind conditions it is possible to land on both ends of the runway. On a wind still day (which is less likely) you can expect a 30 landing. Under normal conditions you'll be landing 120, now this is something else! The approach is practically at a cliff, the rugged terrain of Saba blocks out the entire sky as you peer over the shoulders of your pilots. Then it's a sharp bank left and a gentle touchdown. Landing on Saba is an art form.

Thank you for the memories (2--r/t flights) of my 1994-1995 medical school years at Saba University Medical School. Back then I measured (paced) the runway to be about 1300 feet. That's about all they can squeeze out of that terrain.

@adimchionyenadum2962

2 жыл бұрын

Saba University medical school in an island without an airport ?

@hudiscool4186

Жыл бұрын

@@adimchionyenadum2962 yea if im not wrong at the time you could become an md after 2 years of studies....🥶

@solohoh

16 күн бұрын

4 years to qualify as an M. D. ---- 2 at Saba, 2 in the States ---- also Pass 3 USMLE national Step Tests.

Looked like it needed the full length to take off. Landing was soothing.

Love those De Havilland twin otters. Super dependable. Would know the sound of one anywhere.

Huge thumbs up to those very skilled... and brave... Winair pilots who do this daily! St. Bart's, another of Winair's popular destinations in the area, is also extremely challenging.

That is so well photographed, thanks.

1:57 I died laughing LMAO THE SOUNDS

Thanks for sharing, I think I never go this island in my life

The twatter is such a great plane.

@forkdriver500

9 жыл бұрын

Yes it is. Disregard the previous crap comments. The armchair pilots couldn't fly a golf ball through a tennis racquet

@moremodelmonstertrucks780

9 жыл бұрын

Roger Heyward so heyward stop you mindless peace of trash zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz andriod

@YeCannyDaeThat

9 жыл бұрын

I love it

@swagger897

9 жыл бұрын

snowcatxx87 Wait... wat? What is Snowcat doing here? I didn't think cats like to fly?

@kloppanator

9 жыл бұрын

snowcatxx87 Snowcat? Huh, fancy seeing you here lol. I'm a subscriber.

The pilot didn't even need the whole runway to land ... good brakes too! But they needed every inch for the takeoff.

@ColinH1973

3 жыл бұрын

Mango Julie 123 Not correct, but a good story. He held it down on purpose to gain maximum lift. He could have been airborne before he was, but chose not to be. He was possibly concerned about the weight in the aircraft.

@davidpearn5925

3 жыл бұрын

Colin Harrison yeah V1 and (actual) Vr were way separated.

@Seriously_Unserious

3 жыл бұрын

I imagine landing there would get REALLY harry when it's wet, especially if there's standing water on the runway, no braking then. I just finished watching a real 737 pilot review the recent Fed Ex plane that overshot a runway in Aberdeen, on a probably rain flooded runway. Coulndn't brake properly and needed max reverse thrust on the jets to stop at all, and still overran the runway, luckily the pilot was able to get them safely stopped still on the blacktop though, so no harm done. This runway, an accident like that would mean you're back in the air again, with not enough speed for lift.

@roku_nine

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidpearn5925 as soon as he releases the brakes its already v1 lol 😂

@davidpearn5925

3 жыл бұрын

With that wind it was a normal length runway. Zero challenge.

Дух захватывает! Пилоты - молодцы!

Used to fly in and out of a 8' x 800' paved runway in Northern California in the 1960s.

Hear the joke: A pilot lands an airplane and said, "Man that was the shortest runway I have ever landed on." The copilot replied, "Yeah and look how wide it is!"

@stattraktagged9929

7 жыл бұрын

vxenon67 ahahaha

@zvj

5 жыл бұрын

I get it, hahahahahahahhahahahaha

@nwordpassifyousub2303

5 жыл бұрын

JUV GD can you explain pls

@danielroyer9974

5 жыл бұрын

@@nwordpassifyousub2303 I think it's a sex joke of some kind. I don't get it either.

@davidhood9712

5 жыл бұрын

They landed sideways

I will not forget this airport all my life. February 2017. I approached the landing with a strong wind behind me. There was also a weak side wind, but I overcame it quite easily. We were pushed forward too much. My wheels touched the runway about half of it. I realized I did not have much distance left to stop. Within half a second I shouted at my co-pilot to get out of the landing process immediately !!! Take off again, now !!! Full strength!! I realized I would not be able to stop in time before the cliff. Behind me sit 35 passengers and two crew members. With confidence mixed with fear I pushed the gas all the way forward. Full gas !! At the end of the runway I felt a strong drop down, I lifted shelves with maximum intensity, praying to God we would get out of it in peace. The plane went down a little more and lost altitude, half flight, half free fall... I saw the sea approaching quickly. I thought about my daughters at home, about my wife ... only miraculously I was finally able to stabilize the plane and catch altitude. We survived !! I will never return to this airport iny life!!! Just joking.😉

@e.s.6275

2 жыл бұрын

That was really dull bro.

Excellent quality video from Saba from 10 years ago. It demonstrates the very challenging environment to safely transport passengers to this smallest jewel of the Eastern Antilles. The pilots here all earn their pay!

I heard that they recently had the whole island carpeted.

Carrier guys did a great job with camo!

"Ladies and gentlemen from the flight deck this is your captain speaking. You folks really should have taken a boat..."

@gormauslander

3 жыл бұрын

Me, in my Dornier Do-22: I did ; - ;

Fascinating. Thanks for the great description.

Is it possible for an airport to be "adorable"?? This one certainly is, from the tiny runway to the tidy little terminal building. Oh, and very impressive take-off and landing. Love the Twin Otter!!

Que lugar lindo! Parabéns pela preservação da obra de Deus.

Flight attendant to passengers: "we are beginning our takeoff roll... Oh wait we are already in the air..."

@e.s.6275

2 жыл бұрын

There is probably no flight attendant either...

Great video, good to watch even 10 years later👍

That’s the length of my driveway

Aw GEEZ!!!!! YiKes .. but what a beautiful sight coming in and that tblue ocean...simply beautiful! Thanks Eli!!

Thanks for posting wow

ground speed - zero naughts airspeed - 100 naughts

@darrendanger6853

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much, right. stall speed for a TO is 56 knots it can land in 50 feet. with a 30 knot head wind the perspective for a passenger when landing has to be bizzare when looking out the side window.

@SpencerHHO

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean knots lol. Naught means zero.

@azonicrider32

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpencerHHO Ahh, lol. I was actually assuming it was "nauts" as in "nautical" miles but spell check didn't allow it. But i guess it is indeed knots, the same word used for tied ropes..english...

@Mediumdave1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@azonicrider32 Interestingly, it is called 'knot' because it used to literally be measured by knots in a rope! Knots were tied at fixed distances on a length of rope, which was trailed behind a ship, and by timing how long, and how many knots were drawn out, behind the ship as it moved, they worked out their speed in nautical miles per hour, or 'knots' :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(unit)

@davemacmurchie6982

3 жыл бұрын

@@azonicrider32 Here's why en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_log

Awesome Pilot .

@flyerboy2594

10 жыл бұрын

*pilots

@TariqHossenbux

4 жыл бұрын

Well they were off centreline by quite a bit.

That didn't look too hard. I bet I could land a plane on a runway twice as long!

@vaishalipawar8074

8 жыл бұрын

g

@hugomedina4030

5 жыл бұрын

Bo X

@darrinbrunner6429

3 жыл бұрын

If I were at the controls of an airplane in flight, I can guarantee it will end up on the ground before too long.

Nice video brother tnq

I'm glad it told me "landing" or i wouldn't have known lol

Wow this Airport makes Wellington Airport , New Zealand look safe

Also helps to be landing into a 30 know headwind every time.

Timing is everything.............especially when landing ! WOW !

That's very cool!

why are there cars in the middle of a fucking island

@NetCerpher

10 жыл бұрын

Because there are roads on the island, fool.

@ElivanWitsen

10 жыл бұрын

Because there are living 2000 people on Saba

@ofuets

10 жыл бұрын

NetCerpher all i see is a piece of continent in the middle of the ocean!?

@nintendogss

10 жыл бұрын

Wrong cheat code ๏̯͡๏

@lucianob3013

10 жыл бұрын

www.google.com.br/maps/@17.633982,-63.2377181,2610m/data=!3m1!1e3

Simply beautiful. Would love to pilot that.

@Maloy7800

5 жыл бұрын

Sign this waiver form and next of kin information. Welcome to our airline!

Красивый аэропорт!

Short runway.. Amazing Pilot

Just like a WW2 aircraft carrier:P

Takeaway of this video: if needed, there's still plenty of room to spare.

@MrAirynskene

3 жыл бұрын

really? i thought it was don't use autofocus on your camera

@rockiesecho8518

3 жыл бұрын

like 10 meters more, right? :)

amazing !!

WoW~ Cute little Arport Runway~^.^

The wind sounds like a 747 could land.

@jayworldjs

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely it could land but take off?? Uh oh lol

I think some aircraft carriers are longer that that runway. They almost need an arresting cable.

Nice video

i will never forget the landing and take off when i went to saba in 1988

I've landed here from St. Maarten to go Scuba diving which was awesome! For Divers wondering: For decades, divers have been flying to Saba from St. Maarten, conducting two-three dives and returning to St. Maarten the same day without any known cases of decompression sickness resulting directly from the short 12-minute Winair flight. This is due, in part, to the flight not exceeding an altitude of 2500 feet (and frequently much less) as well as its short duration.

Amazing experience for pilots and passengers.

I took this flight several times in my life. This is absolutely FANTASTIC !!!

Been to Saba...a beautiful little island! Went there from Sint Maarten via the "Edge" fast ferry. The dock at Fort Bay can be as "hairy" as the Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport. Made the trek up to the top of Mount Scenery. Very friendly local people. Actually, I would love to live there...

“Shortest runway in the world” Bush Pilots in Africa: “ HAHAHAHAHAHA”

@praxis6172

3 жыл бұрын

Or Canada,lol. Tons of mountains and deep forests.

@jock-of-ages73

3 жыл бұрын

STOL pilots are like 😂

@AlwaysDoingSomething

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Bush pilots ANYWHERE are looking at that long flat straight paved runway wondering what the heck this is all about.

@williamfulgham2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@praxis6172 Or Alaska, where some places are so isolated, air is the only way to get there. Of course, you might not be able to LEAVE for a while.

@cliffcorbitt9494

3 жыл бұрын

they said run way not shortest take off you dumbass hahahahaha.

Beautiful Dream place

I 've been there,too. in my case of landing the aircraft carried out "touch and go" like a naval fighter landing on the air craft carrier. it was so great.

Pilot announcement just before take-off "I'm working from home today"... that is extraordinary aircraft carrier take-off

I hope the 1st officer doesn't have a stammer...."v-v-v-v-v-v1......oh, never mind....."

I can land an A380 on that, hold my beer.

@ejiroosoro5829

7 жыл бұрын

My username was too long haha

@nigcrusher3322

7 жыл бұрын

My username was too long i can land a space shutrle on the. hold my meth

@DanFrederiksen

7 жыл бұрын

Might well be possible with that headwind.

@xavierrodriguez2463

7 жыл бұрын

I can land my 747 on that, hold my Syringe.

@yassm

7 жыл бұрын

My username was too long Oh! come on, I can land an A380 and a 747 simultaneously. Just hold my beer for a second

Impressive flying.

Oh, Saba, I love you!

That headwind makes the runway a whole lot longer....

@DanFrederiksen

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I wonder if it's standard for that runway. Just might be.

@PbPomper

7 жыл бұрын

It must be. I think it will be nearly impossible to land and take-off without a strong headwind.

@nautastro1503

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

The wife and I are pilot so it was very interesting flying in to Saba in a twin otter from the island of St. Martin to spend a few days scuba diving. The take off is almost a swan dive off the end of the runway also.

I have to admit my palms would be sweating on that take off roll !

Reminds me of Brevoort Island, Canada. The runway may have been even shorter. Landing was up hill, take off down hill. The crazy part was, the plane drove off the end off the runway which a 400 ft cliff. We reached air speed just before hitting the ocean. Yes it was a Twin Otter also.

@barklakemike

Жыл бұрын

I was on the crew that built that DEW Line runway as a 19 yr old summer of 1956, and went home in Sept on the 2nd plane to ever take off from it.

Helps to have a high-efficiency STOL aircraft like the De Havilland Canada DHC6 Twin Otter!

@leohorstmeier

3 жыл бұрын

Looking at the flaps, I don't think it was configured for STOL on takeoff.

Really good, thanks for sharing. Amazing place to land!

That landing is butter

Imagine as a pilot you landed late and missed the entrance and had to turn around to do the walk of shame :D

“THE BRAKES TINA! HIT THE BREAKS!”

@ChickenLiver911

3 жыл бұрын

Bobs burgers.

@klauspendolo1393

3 жыл бұрын

myterio94 “....and who’s Tina?!?!?” .....”Errh, I meant....now is the wrong time, honey....let me explain....”

I’m sure there are aircraft carriers longer than that!

@Starjumper2821

3 жыл бұрын

No actually, no carrier longer than 350m. There *was* a crazy British scheme for a longer iceberg carrier called the Habakuk. 1,2km runway for heavy bomber.

Oh man that's awesome.

Wowzers!