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by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:59 pm

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

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:16 pm

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

by **A185F** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:50 pm

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 :clap:

Thats pretty darn good goin me thinks :thumbup:

by **ZK-Brock** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:56 pm

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

by **Naki** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:04 pm

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

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:27 pm

hahahaha
take that, chopper fans!

by **travnz** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:31 am

There must have been a nice stiff wind!

by **FlyingKiwi** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:42 pm

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.

by **ZK-Brock** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:09 pm

Yip, the Storch is very cool indeed :drool:

But really, any aeroplane can fly backwards with a strong enough headwind

by **towerguy** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:03 pm

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

by **ZK-Brock** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:14 pm

If I had my PPL I'd definitely try something like that (at altitude though, safety first B-)

) in the Tecnam - Vso is 26 knots apparently

by **travnz** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:27 pm

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

Warren Satler??

by **Alex** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:28 pm

Very awesome. :thumbup:

Alex

by **A185F** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:26 pm

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

by **jastheace** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:19 pm

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

by **ZK-Brock** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:26 pm

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 B-)

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