The Twin Otter is the best airplane every built and still being manufactured for this type of runway and situation. IF you fly on a Twin Otter...you are flying safe and can land virtually anywhere.....great plane....
It's a common saying but many CFIs don't believe that as it makes for sloppy landings and sloppy behaviour in general "ah sure, it'll do!" attitude. My CFI would check out the other instructors at regular intervals and mediocre landings were not tolerated!
Valid comments about standing on the runway. We were standing in the designated "waiting area" with all our luggage along with the Solair staff! This comprised of a tarpaulin on the grass off to one side. To give the staff some leeway though the zoom on the camera made it appear closer and we were off to one side.
That pilot was just putting on a "show" for you... or else he was VERY "low-time..." LOL The DHC-6 is capable of much more impressive performance - e.g. extremely short takeoffs and landings. Back in the 80s and 90s I was a mechanic at deHavilland Canada and I recall working on that very plane. Nice to see it again!
@@bro6117 Also a pilot, sliding a bit on a grass strip is normal (especially when wet) and this aircraft was specifically built to land at these places. He's not trying to act superior, you're just comparing it to a paved runway with an airliner. Apples and oranges. This was a fairly normal landing given the conditions and aircraft type!
@@bro6117 Yeah I see your point now actually, I read your message in a different way. Most people know very little when it comes to aviation as a whole so it's natural to be scared if it deviates from your expectation.
Solomon airlines...suavanao is another one of the many grass airfields around the archipelago of Solomon Islands in the south pacific. Miss home...its 2022 and the covid seems to never go away.
Using the side to side motion to slow, and lengthen the distance on the ground. Using that on a short landing is not too until common among bush pilots.
What you don't know is that the nose wheel steering is not automatically controlled by the rudder peddles. It a lever texted to the control yoke. Canadian built and one of the best aircraft I have flown and worked on. PURPOSE DESIGNED.
I flew in one from Grand Cayman to Little Cayman. Landed on a grass strip but it wasn’t that squirrelly. The terminal was a office/hut next to a shed for a fairly large fire engine.
3 things on these .. the beta lights for reverse indication must be exactly simultaneously and so the reverse pitch setting. It has a tiller stick behind the control wheel. It hard to steer that nose wheel. The nose strut must be perfect on demping. Wicked landing , I wonder if he added a bit more flaps if he would slip and slide that much.
I love Otters! Twins or singles, from Alaska to Chile, they will take you to places far more interesting than any Boeing or Air Bus. As for this landing... not so much.
Ha...wet runway...that’s bone dry to a real bush pilot. Niiice use of asymmetric thrust to keep er in the short grass. The ‘ol otter will take ya anywhere. Solid flying 👍🏻
Not knowing how far from the near end of the runway threshold they’re standing, I’d reckon a guess that maybe the landing ended up being that dramatic because the pilot didn’t want to get too close and purée the videographers.
That landing looks familiar... That pilot must have eventually been promoted to Emirates onto A380s and almost snapped the rudder off his plane in Germany landing in storm 'Doris'!
This is what good at turboprop engine it is lighter comoare to reciprocating engine so the aircraft has a capable or an agility to absorb some heavy or hard landing or just like that doing drift...rock and roll
The Twin Otter is the best airplane every built and still being manufactured for this type of runway and situation. IF you fly on a Twin Otter...you are flying safe and can land virtually anywhere.....great plane....
Derrick Harvey I agree on Saba we only get twin otters I love to see them
This is the kind of plane u want to fly for the rest of your life, what a noble aircraft it is
Agree,Captain Derrick Harvey... I flew DHC-6 1980-1991👍 🙏
Baker not true I work on bn2 islanders and they can land and take off there also
And some Twin Otters have floats so that they can land on water
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.
Chuck Yeager
Yeager started as a mechanic.
The mechanics that have to get the plane airworthy might not share his enthusiasm. 8-)
It's a common saying but many CFIs don't believe that as it makes for sloppy landings and sloppy behaviour in general "ah sure, it'll do!" attitude. My CFI would check out the other instructors at regular intervals and mediocre landings were not tolerated!
Agreed!!
no, if you break the plane at these small outfits, youre fired
even if you have to change your underwear
The scariest part of this video was the camera work.
Valid comments about standing on the runway. We were standing in the designated "waiting area" with all our luggage along with the Solair staff! This comprised of a tarpaulin on the grass off to one side.
To give the staff some leeway though the zoom on the camera made it appear closer and we were off to one side.
It is called 'aquaplaning'.
Fair enough, innit. I thought it might be a zoom shot.
Tf is a tarpaulin
Fair, but I would have put more distance between me and that out of control plane.
main199 so true! He should have anticipated the aircraft was going to skid and distances himself!
hats off to the pilot and his piloting skills !!!
Get fucking serious.
Actually by that point it was his driving skills.
Hopefully he learned from that screw up.
Yeah real good centerline maintaining. They will put them both back on the c150 in the morning.
It isn't another hat he needs.
For once, and accurate RUclips title. Genuinely scary looking. Some strong gear there; Otter in its element.
Bush landings... Ahhh good times... thats why you don’t stop flying the airplane until it is parked...
“See those people at the end of the runway?”
“Hold my beer.”
pucker factor 10+
I cant help but think the pilots were saying the same thing. Kind of adds a little stress to a slippery situation.
Great pilot skills I love the look of the twin otter it's a real work horse.
A little hairy , but the Otter can handle it . The pride of Downsview .
Not if it flipped it can't. Nor can the passengers.
@@aflaz171 The rugged wheels help prevent that
Built in Calgary now!
@@jckphotograph Yes , by Viking . They own all the type Certificates from DHC.
Drifting in a Twin Otter....That’s a new one.
Twin Otter: *DEJAVU*
Wow, well done. Never seen an airplane of any size drift like that.
The pilot likes to do drift racing on the weekends
So, he skidded to a stop like a snowboarder would. Muscle memory.
Airplane drifting. Trending on airports worldwide.
More like "scary landing strip", I'd say.
"We probably shouldn't be standing on the runway should we"
Terrorists: *tell me more*
Agree, and why not run when you see the otter is obviously out of control.
@@main199 haha
I think the safest place to watch that landing was right on the runway centerline.
No shit. Hard to tell how close they actually were, but all that swerving might have been because of the idiots standing on the runway.
I've taken off in a Twin Otter MANY times...but I've NEVER landed in one.
Sky diving 😏
A _Frapslotto_ candidate!
Sky diving
Parachute hey!!
Ditto.
Hellacious pilot skills. “S turns” on the ground!😎👍🏼
Speaks to the robustness of the plane. Handled damned well.
Replace your divots!
That pilot was just putting on a "show" for you... or else he was VERY "low-time..." LOL The DHC-6 is capable of much more impressive performance - e.g. extremely short takeoffs and landings. Back in the 80s and 90s I was a mechanic at deHavilland Canada and I recall working on that very plane. Nice to see it again!
Pilot: “ Yeah, I meant to do that.”
Looks a lot like every 3rd landing at any small DZ in the US.
Of course.
Excellent film footage commentary and sound.
Lots of water on a very soft runway!! Great driving skills
Well, that's a perfectly rutted airstrip now. I still don't get the "scary" part though?
Scotabot apparently, you aren’t very bright.
@@dburton7929 Been a pilot for 40 years, how about you?
I'm guessing it was the part where the airplane was fishtailing and sliding sideways.
@@bro6117 Also a pilot, sliding a bit on a grass strip is normal (especially when wet) and this aircraft was specifically built to land at these places. He's not trying to act superior, you're just comparing it to a paved runway with an airliner. Apples and oranges. This was a fairly normal landing given the conditions and aircraft type!
@@bro6117 Yeah I see your point now actually, I read your message in a different way. Most people know very little when it comes to aviation as a whole so it's natural to be scared if it deviates from your expectation.
Now that's having a good feel, for the aircraft's controls.
Excellent film footage and sound.
Pff, just another successful landing in a Twin Otter's logbook... didn't you know, the pilot just finished skid school.
Hopefully without any logs in the pilots or passengers pants !
Baa Dum Tsssssss !
LincolnTek 🤪🤪😂
wind's howling. © geralt from Rivia.
Nice drift!
Solomon airlines...suavanao is another one of the many grass airfields around the archipelago of Solomon Islands in the south pacific. Miss home...its 2022 and the covid seems to never go away.
The capt did really really great. Great stuff and good on you, though very close but you know your stuff. cheers and thanks.
What "stuff" does he know?
"Hose that plane out...." Took the words right out of my mouth.
"...Hose out that plane out when we get there..." Priceless.
What kind of plane are you in? pilot: youll know its me
Normal landing for a Twin Otter. Well done!
Using the side to side motion to slow, and lengthen the distance on the ground. Using that on a short landing is not too until common among bush pilots.
Deja Vu! I've just drifted this plane before.
With that much water in the field, you must have been fishing in the field.
Locking wheels don't slide straight.
Simple!
Because fuckwads are stood on the runway. Making a tricky situation worse.
dormantsuperhero you dont know how close they were. Camera could very well make it look much different that it was. Think before you post dumb shit
What you don't know is that the nose wheel steering is not automatically controlled by the rudder peddles. It a lever texted to the control yoke.
Canadian built and one of the best aircraft I have flown and worked on. PURPOSE DESIGNED.
I flew in one from Grand Cayman to Little Cayman. Landed on a grass strip but it wasn’t that squirrelly. The terminal was a office/hut next to a shed for a fairly large fire engine.
Sure pilot was having fun, these guys know this machine
3 things on these .. the beta lights for reverse indication must be exactly simultaneously and so the reverse pitch setting.
It has a tiller stick behind the control wheel. It hard to steer that nose wheel.
The nose strut must be perfect on demping.
Wicked landing , I wonder if he added a bit more flaps if he would slip and slide that much.
Maybe if the Guys weren't standing on the runway he wouldn't have had to pull it up so fast????
Possibly. Or it could have been caused by not turning the phone to airplane mode
anyone can see from the cloud formation that it was a gusty windy area, good landing
A definitive hold my beer moment
I've done that in a Beech 18.... ...on a _DRY_ runway!
That runway was very wet! Well held!
That grass must be very wet for a plane to be sliding like that
That was a stunt:) Drifting like a pro.
I love Otters! Twins or singles, from Alaska to Chile, they will take you to places far more interesting than any Boeing or Air Bus. As for this landing... not so much.
the term is runway drainage?
Forget how to use the rudder? Differential braking?
pilot did a bloody good job of that
Gee, you could SEE HEAVY RAIN IN THE AIR, LORD KNOWS HOW MUCH WATER ON THAT GRASS STRIP, PILOTS bid one great job, 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ha...wet runway...that’s bone dry to a real bush pilot. Niiice use of asymmetric thrust to keep er in the short grass. The ‘ol otter will take ya anywhere. Solid flying 👍🏻
That was awesome power slide. Wonder if he used the hand break.
Not knowing how far from the near end of the runway threshold they’re standing, I’d reckon a guess that maybe the landing ended up being that dramatic because the pilot didn’t want to get too close and purée the videographers.
What’s more wet the runway or the pilot seats?
Captain Ron at the helm.
Rally pilot in the true sense of the word.
Wonder if he had some asymmetric reverse thrust? When landing on slick/soft runways one must be very smooth on initiating reverse thrust.
This is how all my landings look like
landed in water..what the hell you expect? great job landing!!!
Damn, that otter should have had his floats on instead of tires. Holy shit, that grass strip needs some serious irrigation.
At least we know what Brian from fast and furious is doing now
Crosswind landings are always a bugger. Best accomplished with a longer final, to set up the heading in relation to the runway.
Mi respetos.. Señores pilotos
That landing looks familiar... That pilot must have eventually been promoted to Emirates onto A380s and almost snapped the rudder off his plane in Germany landing in storm 'Doris'!
Looked like absolute nil counter steer at front wheel, those things can almost turn 90deg...?
holy crap that pilot has to be grinning from ear to ear
* Initial D Theme Plays *
OMG ! Drifting plane :o :D
What the heck are you standing right on the strip? (As it seems)
So how much gear did he bring this time🤔
I would say the camera work was more scary than landing!
Nothing scary about that except for the pilot's over-correcting on the rudders.
This is what good at turboprop engine it is lighter comoare to reciprocating engine so the aircraft has a capable or an agility to absorb some heavy or hard landing or just like that doing drift...rock and roll
perfect landing
Perfect maneuver!
That’s called drifting in an otter!
Someone is not going to like the tire tracks on the fairway!
Slow on the rudder though!
Way to tear up a perfectly good runway, there, pilot...
Slippery runway for sure... Done with Dehavilliland aplomb 🎉
Apparently Daigo Saito was at the controls.
Good Job!
Handbrake turning a plane! Cool!
Owwww! Don’t touch the tiller until taxi-speed! 🙈
The Fast and The Furious : Suavanao Airstrip Santa Isabel Island Drift !
That was crazy!
Rudder? What's that for?
Salute.
High and light on the flaps. That 'runway' was no help either. Good work on the ground though when there was nothing else to do but save it.
Great twotter 🙏
That field was soaking wet. Not damp: WET!
Crikey!
Mother will be pissed off when she finds out the lawn has been marred!
That pilot earnest money today and the insurance company should give him a bonus because he save them a lot of money