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Pilatus PC-6 Porter Go-Pro approaches

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Pilatus PC-6 Porter Go-Pro approaches

Postby Moose » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:27 am

I've finally got round to uploading a few videos of the flying I do out here in Indonesia:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9E7C742E97915BFD

I honestly cannot understand why you'd want to go fly a big jet when you can do this kind of flying 8)

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Postby SimonM » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:46 am

Excellent, thanks for sharing :-)
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Postby Aerobat152 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:51 pm

Truly thank you for sharing.

Some great videos, in two of them I didn't spot the landing site until you were almost down!!

Very jealous!
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Re: Pilatus PC-6 Porter Go-Pro approaches

Postby Neil MacG » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:41 pm

Wow, Absolutely Wow!

Seriously impressed with the take-off bit of that STOL aircraft.

I probably wouldn't even attempt that 400m strip in the Auster with one up. (But then at only 108hp, I probably don't have quite the same power at my disposal as you do!)

As I think I said elsewhere - if I had my time over again and had realised that I was capable of flying - I'd want your job.

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Postby Moose » Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:46 pm

Neil MacG wrote:Seriously impressed with the take-off bit of that STOL aircraft.

You should see it when it's empty! It's pretty rare I get an empty leg though but next time I do, I'll stick the camera on and film the take-off. With 550SHP on tap and an empty weight around 1400kgs, it certainly leaps into the air :D
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Postby BobM » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:31 pm

I honestly cannot understand why you'd want to go fly a big jet when you can do this kind of flying 8)


It suited my circumstances at the time... then you get into the pension trap, still not long now!

We operate a big jet.. you fly!
Maybe we could do a job swop for a few weeks :wink:

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Postby TimmyP » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:05 pm

Amazing stuff! :D
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Postby Adam Pool » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:11 pm

Absolutely Brilliant! Any internal camera shots??

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Re: Pilatus PC-6 Porter Go-Pro approaches

Postby Dave Phillips » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:20 pm

Err, do they need a forty-something pilot?
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Postby RAEEFLYIN » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:29 pm

Brilliant :)


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