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Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:04 am
by mekender
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:06 am
by mekender
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:04 am
by Darrell
I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:20 am
by blackeagle603
Only question left is, "MAF,[strike]JARS or New Tribes[/strike]?"
edit: duh-ohh, nevermind, completely overlooked the title. /heh/
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:33 am
by mekender
Darrell wrote:I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
Are those the ones that took off backwards?
https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:49 pm
by MiddleAgedKen
Wow. That airstrip isn't even a drag strip.
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:06 pm
by blackeagle603
Check out this compilation of landings from PNG.
link
Re: Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:14 pm
by Darrell
mekender wrote:Darrell wrote:I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
Are those the ones that took off backwards?
https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI
Nah, those are the old Cubs that serve as tow planes for the gliders. I've posted that vid before.
