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This just brings a whole new meaning to the word...

it just shows ya US/Canadian bush pilot skills , They are GOOD , and to have a compo , Great fiind VAC

Great stuff ! there are a few more vids like that on alexsparkinn.com. There musta been a bitta head wind there, that maule comin into land, crickey thats slow ! Ive done a fair few hours in the old maule but never had it anywhere as slow as that Thats pretty darn good goin me thinks

That's very cool, well done to them. Also fun to try in flightsim as well

..and especially in the Digital Aviation DO-27.

hahahaha
take that, chopper fans!

There must have been a nice stiff wind!

That's pretty cool. I've heard that the old Fieseler Storch can fly backwards relative to the ground in a decent headwind, which is not difficult to believe given that its stall speed is only about 25 knots I believe.

Yip, the Storch is very cool indeed But really, any aeroplane can fly backwards with a strong enough headwind

yep - I,ve actually seen it done over AR in a C152.

If I had my PPL I'd definitely try something like that (at altitude though, safety first ) in the Tecnam - Vso is 26 knots apparently

towerguy wrote: yep - I,ve actually seen it done over AR in a C152.

Warren Satler??

Very awesome.

Alex

Yea the 172s are really good for going backwards, most of the cessnas even

my grandfather used to tell stories of flying metar flights in the islands, in tiger moths during ww2 of how he could fly the moth backwards in a 60knt wind, apparently they used to do it all the time

There was a 50 knot wind between Nelson and paraparam today at altitude I believe, would've been a good time to have a go