I grew up in the back of my Dad's Aeronca Champ, loved flying with him, though I did have a death grip on the fuselage tubing about half the time. We lived near Denver, and one day we flew up into the front range to visit a friend of his, along the way he did some aerobatics for my amusement. A few minutes short of the small strip my Dad looked back and told me to tighten my belt, I was about to ask why when I saw the prop stop, we had burned too much fuel on aerobatics and were empty. Dad landed us safely about half a mile short of the strip on a country road, and we pushed the plane to our destination, wouldn't trade those days for anything.
@WeNeedLoveAndTruth
7 жыл бұрын
Your dad was good and both of you were lucky. A high school chum lost his twin brother in a motorcycle accident. Both boys had been riding since they were 12 years old. Tom is the lost twin, Tim, at age 60, said "You gotta be good, but you gotta be lucky, too." They would be 67 this year.
@nitemareman1
6 жыл бұрын
Great story! My father was a Marine aviator for 24 years. He's too old to carry passengers any more but he was an airline pilot for many years and is still a flight instructor for a major carrier. He got me flight lessons when I was about 16 but I never felt comfortable in an airplane unless HE was flying it. We rented Cessna's many times and explored islands off Okinawa Japan while he was still in the service.
@marcochavez11
5 жыл бұрын
OMG, I am reading each of you guys and is like l am watching with my own eyes, l was learning to fly in Dallas TX and to be honest that's the best part of my life, landing you can feel the adrenaline, l have a pair of Baron headsets red in color, l will try to get a new headset and l said new, brand new.
@kickingagainstthepricks4059
4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Taylor 😊 Priceless!
@jensongainer3696
3 жыл бұрын
Bad to the bone story. Crazy how time flies and you look back to how much you didn’t really know you had and the great people around you know.
@klarue
11 жыл бұрын
Private grass airfield, clear skies, pilot with over 60 years experience incl. 25 in USAF flying among others the U2 (re: the sailplane comment). Enjoy life.
@MegaFPVFlyer
8 жыл бұрын
Kills engine Successfully performs extremely tight skidding turn (tail out) Successfully comes out of extreme slip at ~50 ft AGL without straying from the runway's center Insanely smooth downwind touchdown Turns towards hangar with significant speed remaining (risky, if I understand taildraggers) Comes to a stop 50 ft from fuel pump: "I've ruined everything"
@tpowell453
7 жыл бұрын
Still a stupid stunt. He could have rolled up to the house and stopped at the porch and it still would have been stupid.
@JH1200A1
7 жыл бұрын
Ima SuperPerson First thing is, that was not a stunt. It was a practice that every pilot should perform. Now, the only thing stupid was your comment.
@MegaFPVFlyer
7 жыл бұрын
JH1200A1 To be totally fair, if an average pilot were practicing this, they would keep the engine idling and stay on the runway. (But that's boring)
@jamesoren7238
7 жыл бұрын
power off approaches should be part of most pilots regular practice. Granted most of us would just go to idle, but it's not like there's anyone else at the airfield... or by the looks of it a few miles around. Increased risk? a bit, but the kind of practice that saves lives. knew a CFI who's training story was that his instructor had a deal with the farmer who owned a paddock at the end of the runway, and he used to surprise his students with a "real" engine failure on takeoff to test them. Equal parts sad and very relieved my CFI never did that to me lol!
@ruialexandre6197
6 жыл бұрын
Kind of practice that saves lives and builds confidence.
@N221BP
9 жыл бұрын
"I'm just gonna slip the hell out of it..." Sure did! Great flying here.
@kgrimm86
10 жыл бұрын
Have any of you people complaining about him shutting down a perfectly good engine on purpose EVER seen the great Bob Hoover's airshow routine? He shuts down BOTH engines on his Shrike then proceeds to do an abbreviated routine, lands and taxis to his parking spot to show what can be done with proper energy management. Sure, this guy may not be Bob Hoover but one doesn't have to be if he knows his airplane. This guy wasn't stupid or dangerous or foolish, he knew his plane and knew what he can do with it. Great Job!
@wyatt92563
7 жыл бұрын
kgrimm86 Bob Hoover is my favorite airman all time! Got to him demonstrate his airmanship at the Dayton Ohio international Airshow. AMAZING TALENT!
@shader26
2 жыл бұрын
Someone above also mentioned, it wasn’t a perfectly good engine, there was a fuel leak. He comments on the fuel coming out right at the beginning of the video. So it was necessary to cut the engine.
@stclairjm
8 күн бұрын
I heard Hoover say one time that he never had a test ride with anyone, he just got in and fly whatever the airplane was and there were many.
@babydaddy8224
6 жыл бұрын
I must’ve seen this vid like 20 times. For some reason always puts me in a good mood. Just the inherent cowboy nature of bush pilots gives me hope for humanity
@maynard4026
7 жыл бұрын
I love the old pilots with a zillion hours. They Know exactly how it works. The guy who taught me was 86 and he put me through this. Then I learned to fly a glider and dead stick is every time.
@Zues532
8 жыл бұрын
No opinion on the decision to cut the engine, the guy clearly knows his aircraft. I just wanted to say that was a damn nice slip to landing!
@jimdavidson8955
10 жыл бұрын
The only way to learn dead stick landing is to DO dead stick landings. Well done!
@daffidavit
6 жыл бұрын
The nice thing about doing this is C-150s is that you have a very good chance of restarting the prop. If the battery dies, you need at least 120 mph to get it windmilling again to restart.
@philipcovington1985
5 жыл бұрын
Great job landing that airplane dead stick 50 ft from the fuel pump is pretty good.
@davecrupel2817
5 жыл бұрын
Experience is the best teacher.
@jgmendes3664
3 жыл бұрын
Specially when the stick is not dead but the motor... Insane terminology not to say stupid !
@rcbif101
7 жыл бұрын
If you are a pilot commenting here and think this is dangerous or outrageous, you really need to spend some time in a glider. We do this all the time and somehow manage to survive ;). Infact, with the lowest performing gliders, we are about down the the glide slope this guy has while in the pattern. It's all about managing your energy.
@LetsMars
4 жыл бұрын
Rcbif I’m not a pilot. There is no excuse for intentionally sabotaging your vehicle, especially with a passenger on board. Killing his prop created a more dangerous situation than the situation that had existed up to that point. No matter how small the degree, this shows a disregard for safety and should not be encouraged. Arguments that I’m not a pilot, and thus somehow don’t understand common sense or safety protocol will not be considered. Edit: If you read the comments from real pilots, this guy apparently blew a fuel line and preformed a forced landing.
@rcbif101
4 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars - I now have over 50 hours in the same airplane as in this video and many more in gliders. Still not phased by this situation. Hold my stance that only those too comfortable with engines dragging them around are unnerved by this video.
@envitech02
4 жыл бұрын
I've not done dead stick landings before but many times I've practised Forced Landings on C172. Engine idle, 60 KIAS best glide speed, full harness on, look for suitable landing area, Mayday call, turn to line up and approach, flaps as necessary. 200 ft, then wham full power! Positive rate, flaps up, and away we go! Always Aviate, Navigate and Communicate! In that order!
@RobertSeviour1
3 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars 'There is no excuse for intentionally sabotaging your vehicle, especially with a passenger on board.' Early in flight training you are taught what precipitates stalls and spins and you learn- by -doing how to correct them. That 'intentional sabotage' is vital so that the pilot is capable of reacting competently should such conditions occur in an emergency. Take a few lessons yourself and maybe you will understand the issue and realise that your choice of the word 'sabotage' is inappropriate.
@rcbif101
3 жыл бұрын
@Alan formula1 Yes, and power off approaches all the time in the Champ. Ya, not the same as dead stick, but fairly close. I've got the Champs energy managment down to a tee, and almost never need to add power.
@bobwarren3898
7 жыл бұрын
I have restarted a Champ (60hp Continental) at altitude by putting the nose down and getting enough airspeed to turn the prop enough to fire the engine. Not my favorite thing to do and only works if you're high enough. Love the Champ.
@theRealPinball
6 жыл бұрын
I suspect he knew he could restart this way, as I too have many times, even with larger engines. Start with a dive for airspeed, then pull back hard G's which has turned the prop to start every time I have tried.
@lordofthewoods
6 жыл бұрын
@ Bob: Excerpt from a comment I made just yesterday: My old man was in his Baby Great Lakes once, and had a shut-down due to carb icing (hand-prop engine). He dove straight at the ground, knowing, if all else failed, he could flare out at the end and land in the road. The prop made a couple of short arcs, then it finally kicked off. Note that he switched to a (Lake?) injector shortly thereafter : ) I didn't see it happen, but after he told me about it, I related the story to a friend at school who, it turned out, HAD seen the whole thing!
@stevekirby9797
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly a breach of V.N.E too huh?
@GrumpyOldMan2
2 жыл бұрын
@@theRealPinball Common way to restart a Tiger Moth, (Gypsy Major) engine.
@theRealPinball
2 жыл бұрын
@@GrumpyOldMan2 yup. And much preferred to hand propping at altitude. 😁
@jreed1701d
10 жыл бұрын
It's amazing all the people who quite obviously don't know anything about aviation making comments.
@garpikemike1
7 жыл бұрын
50 feet short? thats the best you could do? you call yourself a pilot? lol.. great job!:)) cheers!
@codyking4848
8 жыл бұрын
Guys are nuts.... but the man on the stick is one hell of a pilot. Awesome.
@jamessaintjames6488
8 жыл бұрын
Quite the contrary, he's an idiot and a dangerous one at that.
@outwiththem
8 жыл бұрын
So because you cant work out at the Gym I should stop too???..try that in person..punch to your nose..Dont insult this good pilot..dam coward..
@hyedenny
8 жыл бұрын
Stupid analogy. Working out at the gym doesn't kill passengers, and doesn't break federal regulations.
@theherbman3030
8 жыл бұрын
lol what regulations did he break. have you ever heard of a glider plane?
@RogerPrintz
8 жыл бұрын
"one hell of a pilot", if he had done what he planed to do, I might agree with you, but he didn't. It was a stupid stunt.
@distar97
10 жыл бұрын
My old school instructor would frequently throw me a power-off landing. The most unique one was over the NJ Meadowlands heading back to LGA. My sole option was the NJ Turnpike! The newly built western spur south of the tolls was nearly ready to open for traffic. I was surprised when he let me continue and touch down for a few seconds. There were no signs, light poles or work vehicles. I mention all this because Carl reminds me of my instructor. He and many others were experienced WW2 or Korean war military pilots. They knew the best way to train was to put a bit of pressure on students.... but always with a smile. Real world experience works. To the hand wringers I contend it saves lives... not endanger them.
@Jamesbrown-xi5ih
9 жыл бұрын
I like modern safety, but I do wish for the CAN DO of old as well. Very well said. Reminds me of when I read about WWII and pre WWII Naval Aviator Training and flying. (And of course, Nam era chopper skills) Modern aids can make us safer, but there is really no substitute for experience.
@davecrupel2817
5 жыл бұрын
My exact way of teaching things.
@jonathanbaird8109
Жыл бұрын
Not sure I agree. The reason the FAA stopped mandating spin training is because more people were dying practicing spins than dying from "actual" spins. I'm sure that sort of training helps those that survive, but is it worth all the other deaths to get there?
@ericparent7794
8 жыл бұрын
I love at the end how he starts rocking back and forth trying to get the bird to creep closer to the pumps lol!
@yeahboi3022
10 жыл бұрын
THIS GUYS A OLE SCHOOL AVI8TOR...I LOVE IT...HELL OF ALOT BETTER THAN TOP GUN
@skydive1424
10 жыл бұрын
Guys, he's not intentionally dead sticking an F-104 for heaven's sake...... It's an Aeronca Champ... The sweetest, friendliest little flying machine with the J-3.... Decades ago when I started off on gliders, they did it standard practice with C150's before solo. Mind you, the gliding performance with a standing prop is much better as opposed to a wind milling one. This was totally safe
@Justwantahover
6 жыл бұрын
A windmilling prop holds you back cos it can put energy into a battery or even start a plane, the energy has to come from somewhere, it comes from your momentum and holds you back and in effect the whole disc of the prop is holding you back instead of a skinny "stick" when it's stopped.
@daffidavit
6 жыл бұрын
Justwantahover True, a spinning prop has to turn the engine. A stopped prop turns nothing. Much energy saved.
@gregharper491
4 жыл бұрын
@@Justwantahover Completely false. The surface area does not change, whether its spinning or stopped.
@gregharper491
4 жыл бұрын
The idea that a standing prop is better has been thoroughly debunked. Its completely false. The surface area does not change if the prop is standing vs spinning.
@skydive1424
4 жыл бұрын
Greg Harper “thoroughly debunked”? How? Here’s a question for you. The lift force on a flying prop blade is, like any other airfoil, dependent on the airspeed (engine speed) and angle of attack; blade pitch vs forward speed. That lift force on the prop blades translate into thrust. When the airspeed is high and engine speed is low, the angle of attack is negative and the resulting negative lift on the blades translates in aircraft drag. Theoretically a zero drag situation can be achieved at one combination of airspeed and engine speed with a certain blade pitch. Anything else results in either thrust or drag. When a prop does not turn, the blade angle of attack is approximately 90 minus the blade pitch angle; well into the stalled range. What, do you think, gives more lift; a stalled airfoil or a flying one? So just saying that a standing prop has less drag that a spinning one is “debunked” is nonsense. There is a very narrow airspeed/engine speed band for a certain blade pitch where drag is less than a standing prop and it may well be outside the flight envelope of the aircraft. If you have actually flown with a standing prop you will notice that it has less drag than a spinning one at most airspeeds
@Bigalinjapan
8 жыл бұрын
I think you got your movie... Haha, awesome cool.
@randyjustice9485
10 жыл бұрын
thats what they mean by old guys rule lol ... nice job sir...
@distar97
10 жыл бұрын
randy justice An old adage applies here: "There are no old bold pilots". Note this guy is older. I'd fly with him.
@NorthSaintPaulNews
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! I soloed in a 1947 Aeronca Defender! Benson airport White Bear Lake Minnesota 1985. I did some similar things. Used to land on the Frozen lakes, land on the ice road going out to the ice houses.
@mark031363
9 жыл бұрын
I would intentionally keep a bottle of Jack under the seat.
@NeitherLeftNorRight
10 жыл бұрын
Amazing flying, obviously a seasoned veteran of the skies. He learned before automation took over much of the work load. Here's the guy you want to be with when the going gets tough.
@PedroSanchez-gt3xy
10 жыл бұрын
big funny
@davidwhite8633
6 жыл бұрын
David Ekman I thought he did it quite competently. Notice how he deliberately kept high until reasonably short final so that he had more options on just where to put it on the field if unforeseen people ,planes, deer or whatever suddenly appeared in the touchdown area. My first instructor took me up to a safe height, stopped the engine, and made me dive it ,to start it up again. And-no-we didn’t go over redline! A C-150.
@LetsMars
4 жыл бұрын
I prefer pilots that *don’t* intentionally sabotage the aircraft.
@Shade_Tree_Mechanic
2 жыл бұрын
@@LetsMars You prefer pilots that don't correctly train for emergencies?
@AnsleyBrook
8 жыл бұрын
For you people who think you're pilots who are trashing this guy - if you can't do this every time in the aircraft you fly most - go back to playing video games. He had so much spare altitude it was crazy. He was right over the field the whole time. For those of you who think this is adventurous, I would recommend you get back out and land on some grass and fly some approaches that aren't 747 style. THIS is flying. If it scares you stay home.
@tysamuels
8 жыл бұрын
Good for him but not with a passenger.
@davetonks1168
8 жыл бұрын
+AnsleyBrook yeah m8 - I fly a Drifter - every landing is deadstick (well, zero throttle from end of downwind leg anyway) - best stick and rudder aircraft that ever flew....
@cyclonedrums
8 жыл бұрын
+AnsleyBrook wow...your so cool man! hehe
@pingpongpung
8 жыл бұрын
*you're
@truthteller1914
8 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Read my comment above.
@bangoman2653
4 жыл бұрын
Amazingly skilled pilot knowing EXACTLY the performance and flight characteristics of his plane. Great video!
@JimForeman
7 жыл бұрын
No big deal, I've got over a thousand hours without an engine to drag me around (glider time) Also several landings with an intentional engine out on a twin which is far more difficult than landing with no engine at all.
@outwiththem
7 жыл бұрын
I have 8 full feathered practice landings on Aztecs and Navajos..and 2 for real later on I had to to on DC-3's..No sweat...I was used to them.., loaded another 3 and took off again..The hardest thing was the unloading and loading..
@krang07
8 жыл бұрын
older pilots must think, well if I crash and die, then, ok. I lived a long life and would rather die this way than in a hospital bed so...here goes nothing....SMASH! BOOM! Done!
@archangel6456
8 жыл бұрын
I learned to fly gliders.......easy day. just no glide ratio with that thing WELL DONE
@jamessaintjames6488
8 жыл бұрын
Totally different animal
@outwiththem
8 жыл бұрын
No, just drops faster..but glides too..dummy..
@billpennock8585
6 жыл бұрын
Not very different at all from a 2-22c (yes that's old)
@tmcgee6538
8 жыл бұрын
that side slip right before touchdown, fucking ace of a pilot. KUDOS
@bruce2357
8 жыл бұрын
+T McGee It's a forward slip. A side slip is when you have a crosswind and lower the upwind wing and use rudder to keep the nose lined up with the runway as you are touching down.
@brookrestall3274
3 жыл бұрын
Spin training AND dead stick landing instruction all in one flight is called GETTING YOUR MONEY'S WORTH!!! EVERY pilot should know how to "forward slip the hell out of it" because it might well save lives some day. Too bad so many of us currently fail to understand and promote the IMMENSE VALUE of pilots' comfort levels being extremely high (cool, calm, collected, and stress free) while exhibiting his/her ability to masterfully handle an airplane as in "owning it" during ALL circumstances, i.e., actually learning to fly the airplane. What is promoted these days is equivalent to painting by numbers, without proper use of the paint brush ever being taught. Far too much deadly dangerous logic applied these days. And computer simulation is a preface to but not a substitute for logging real, aerial flight maneuver time. Large scale bureaucracy is NOT keeping us safe, as claimed.
@viciousattackvideo
10 жыл бұрын
Old school balls.
@JimForeman
7 жыл бұрын
Back when.... no airshow was complete without a stopped prop landing. Bob Hoover used to do that at every airshow.... in an Aero Commander with both engines dead.
@williamsteele
6 жыл бұрын
And then do a full airshow routine using his energy alone... including loops and rolls. It was awesome!
@billpennock8585
6 жыл бұрын
William, I was about to say the same thing. He'd kill the engine then dive for the ground, gain a bunch of speed and do at least a loop and a huge barrel role. Then an abbreviated pattern and land and end up facing the crowd right where the plane was started before the show. Now THAT was a hell of a pilot. This guy is good but not nearly as great as many of the people here seem to think. Not to disparage him but anyone flying an Aeronca regularly should be able to do the same thing.
@RogerPrintz
8 жыл бұрын
Times change, it used to be that was part of the training. times change. As a CFI I would never shut down an engine. The reason we stopped training like that in the good/bad old days was that the number of low time student pilots that fell short, not just of the pump as he did, but of the entire field.
@iflyc77
10 жыл бұрын
Totally safe and practical to do under the right situations and with the right precautions. Obviously this guy knew what he was doing and took those measures. Have all of the ERMAHGERD NO ENGUN people here ever heard of gliders? Same shit.
@cjracer1000
10 жыл бұрын
Gliders are made for gliding, that's not a glider.
@iflyc77
10 жыл бұрын
cjracer1000 it is once you shut the engine down! Same thing. Arguably even safer than a glider because you do actually have an engine your can restart right? It would have required an exchange in kinetic and potential energy in something without an electric system like this champ though of course.
@psyience3213
10 жыл бұрын
cjracer1000 guess what, even a 737 is meant to glide... It's a fucking plane.
@cjracer1000
10 жыл бұрын
Guess what, I'm a pilot. It's not "meant to glide" it's meant to fly powered, that's why it's a powered airplane. It can glide, but that's not what it's made for.
@psyience3213
10 жыл бұрын
It's powered because of thermo-dynamics. If a 737 loses both engines it can safely glide to an airport, and that's not by chance.
@apaulotroughtzmantz2914
3 жыл бұрын
The temptation to criticize his decision to cut the engine was immediately overturned when his obvious mastery of the aircraft was on full display! What a pilot!!
@Nightwolf323
8 жыл бұрын
For all the people who are calling this a stunt, IT IS. The credits at the end literally say "stunt pilot..."
@checkyoursix5623
6 жыл бұрын
The A-7AC Champ doesn't have a "starter" like many other aircraft of that era ... you have to hand prop it from outside the cockpit. That's why the pilot said he couldn't start it once it had stopped ... great job of making the number of landings equal to the number of takeoffs ...
@Guywithcrazyideas
10 жыл бұрын
Master of machine and environment. Bravo!
@tappan48
8 жыл бұрын
No doubt sailplane experience!
@TheBanjonator
7 жыл бұрын
I have more than 1,200 hours in a Champ. Trust me, this was no "stunt," it's simply how you fly a real airplane. You develop slip and skid skills that enable you to manage speed and inertia without flaps. Oh, and diving the airplane will NOT start an engine with healthy compression. Don't argue with me; it won't.
@rcbif101
7 жыл бұрын
Have you ever dead stick'd your Champ? I admit I have a bias opinion on this as a glider pilot (I dont see what the fuss is about) but as long as you know your airplane and know how to manage energy, I dont see anything "crazy" about this. Of course it's "riskier", but so is me flying a glider with an L/D of 21 vs. L/D of 38 if you want to be picky about it.
@TheBanjonator
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, and my Champ was fair glider, especially with the prop stopped, the door on and the window closed. They have more rudder than aileron, so you can keep a slow, stable, thousand-fpm slip right down to the grass. In most emergency situations over most terrain, I think I'd prefer to get down slow and short, than to glide long.
@flyswryan
2 жыл бұрын
A kid I used to fly with learned to fly gliders before graduating to the family Champ. At 17, he took his checkride for his Private in her. The engine had been overhauled about 30 hours earlier, so was still pretty tight. The examiner pulled the throttle back to idle and said, "Okay, your engine just quit. Find a place to land and set up to land there, we'll throttle back up when we're about 100 feet up." Just then the carb iced up and the wee A65 quit. "Well, it looks like we'll be doing this for real..." Then the kid felt the lift of a thermal and circled around back into it, rode it up to about 7000 feet, and said, "I think were high enough to make it back to the airport now." They glided back, landed, rolled right up to the pumps, and came to a stop. The examiner got out and literally kissed the ground, got back on his feet and looked at his checklist. "There's a lot of things on this list we didn't get to. Since you can do what you just did, I'm confident you can do everything on this list. I'm signing you off right now."
@JimForeman
11 жыл бұрын
Actually, there's more drag with a windmilling prop than a dead engine. A full deadstick landing was one of the things that people had to do in my confidence course. as well as a landing somewhere other than an airport. They had to select a field and land in it to a full stop. Jim F, CFI both airplane and glider
@autonomousindividual7780
3 жыл бұрын
Its gonna be sad when all those gutsy older fellas are gone. Im 47 now but even as a kid I always loved being around them. Somehow had more life in them then someone 30 or more years younger. I guess some of the hardship they endured makes them value life and enjoy it when times are good. Great to watch.
@corvette724
10 жыл бұрын
He had every second control of the situation,if i may to say this. Sideslip perfect like we glider Pilots did it with the vintage airplanes. Respect. I met another guy like him and we had a lot of pretty flights in old Biplanes. Thumb Up, i love this Video.
@xBloodXGusherx
7 жыл бұрын
You can't hate on a guy who knows his shit. This is awesome.
@coriscotupi
10 жыл бұрын
Regardless of your "estimation" as you said in the video, you failed the moment you shut the engine down, that was a foolish thing to do. Never, ever intentionally shut the engine down just to practice engine failures. I don't care how many gazillion flying hours you have or how many times you have done it successfully. This kind of attitude may well kill you some day.
@fiat5001963
10 жыл бұрын
He gave himself plenty of room... He knows how to slip the airplane and get it down. He knows his airplane... So, there are a lot of pilots that are way more dangerous flying straight and level with their engines running. If something happens, then those pilots might have a tough time of it. And I think those pilots are much more dangerous. I can't point my fingers at this guy at all when there are a lot more pilots with less judgement.
@coriscotupi
10 жыл бұрын
Matteo I know how to slip, I know my airplane and I have landed in simulated engine failures more times than I care to remember, and have successfully landed after a couple of *actual* engine failures. This doesn't qualify me to do foolish things like shutting off a healthy engine in flight. It's great that you mentioned judgement: the pilot in the video shows both talent and a blatant lack of judgement. Just the combination that gets pilots killed.
@damiandiesel1
10 жыл бұрын
Or save you. Corisco Tupi Speak for yourself, this is type of flying is way over your head. I would have loved to been around while the wright bros were around, you would have been telling them how dangerous it is too. stay home and hold your wifes hand and take in a movie, be carefull crossing and dont talk to strangers.
@coriscotupi
10 жыл бұрын
Damian Frattasio Great keyboard harassment, congats. Why you whine away, I FLY REAL AIRCRAFT and have SUCCESSFULLY LANDED after REAL engine failures, total electrical failures while IMC and whatnot. I have been flying probably for longer than you have been breathing. "Over your head" yourself, son.
@psyience3213
10 жыл бұрын
corisco tupi I feel like that is similar to saying, "who would roll over a perfectly good aircraft!?" Uh... someone who's having fun flying. People who enjoy life do dangerous things everyday, it's a part of living.
@JeffreyHarthSailing
8 жыл бұрын
Ok ... so, see that bolt hanging down? Woops, there it goes! Now, once that wing is gone I can't get it back, can't re-attach it in flight. So, I gotta get in position here ... I've never tried to land with one wing before ... not with a tailwind... Any landing you can walk away from ...
@steveboyle5825
8 жыл бұрын
LMAO! Yep, nailed it!
@toddsin8611
3 жыл бұрын
I watch this occasionally, not necessarily for the maneuvers, but for the man. A man that while obviously an expert aviator (the super slip transition at 20 ft AGL to a soft as a pillow touch down on a rarely used grass strip more than proves this) doesn’t take himself to seriously and without a question loves to fly. I do not know him other than this video but would suffice to say he is just as happy in that champ as in a U-2, and more than flying itself, loves to share the wonders of flight with others. I hope to be half the man he is someday.
@jonathanhankins8356
6 жыл бұрын
"I'm just gonna slip the hell out of it..." Flies the plane in backwards / upside down, and still sticks the landing lol.
@TheLucas2696
7 жыл бұрын
That was one hell of an aggressive slip, impressive!
@wanaraz
8 жыл бұрын
This pilot is the definition of COOL!!!! I want to be with him if my plane is going down.
@Metrofarquhar
6 жыл бұрын
Insanely cool! As a low time pilot from forty years ago, it was better for me to watch this on KZitem than to actually be in the back seat. I'd need a change of underwear! I used to fly the Champ, but never like this. It wasn't clear to me why the pilot did not do an upwind landing, though.
@davidjose9808
5 жыл бұрын
Escape Velocity ....upwind left him closer to the pump end of the field?
@glenmaxwell2935
6 жыл бұрын
That is a great video!! Now a little story: a friend was doing loops in a J-3 over a pasture. At the top of the loop the A-65 would quit and he landed in the pasture, got out and restarted. climbed in and continued to practice loops. In the adjacent pasture was a farmer plowing his field. As my friend landed for maybe the 5th time he noticed the farmer had stopped his tractor and walked over to ask him if he was practicing dead stick landings. My friend explained what he was doing and the farmer suggested that next time, after finishing his loop, he should put the nose down and get up dome airspeed and quickly roll the plane to the left to start the engine.,"don't frap the prop, frap the airplane". My friend asked him if he really thought that would work? The farmer shrugged his shoulders and as he turned to walk away he said "It works on P-51s". My friend tried it and sure enough it worked! Since you a comfortable with shutting down your engine why not give it a try and report back with a video. BTW it worked on my half VW powered mini max as well. Thanks again for sharing that video!
@221340
3 жыл бұрын
That's great! What are the odds you're landing next to an old P-51 farmer on a tractor. I grew up flying a 46 7AC Champ. Nothing more fun!
@JosAugust
9 жыл бұрын
Experience is Experience!
@lovetofly32
10 жыл бұрын
Haha that one guy is crying saying "never ever shut the engine off" Bahahaha duuhhhh yeah its risky! Its a glider now! Darn good way to make a good pilot out of yourself.. I've done it in my ultralight many times. Dang fun challenge! Im sure that guy could set her down anywhere and survive and barely hurt the plane. I'd fly around the world with this guy!
@casams1992
7 жыл бұрын
This dude has been flying longer than most of you have been alive. Keep on keepin on keyboard warriors
@BrianQueen
3 жыл бұрын
Just got off the phone with your Dad, who told me about this video...fantastic! He checked me out in that Champ at Taildragger...an experience I'll never forget. I flew there with John Slais in his v-tail Bonanza. What a trip it was!
@wb6she
9 жыл бұрын
Yep, just a steep dive, the wind will crank it, I've also done it, but in a Taylor Craft..
@heliace
6 жыл бұрын
Too bad they don't teach this anymore. My dad taught me this way in a J-3 Cub, Taylorcraft BC 12D and a Cessna 140 and if I couldn't do it to his satisfaction, I didn't get to fly his airplane on my own. This is how real pilots can fly an airplane and if you can't do it with yours, buy a boat!
@kg4lzc
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Amazing. I need to find a CFI like this guy. The kid teaching me is ok...and perfectly competent, but THIS is the kind of pilot that needs to be in every flight school!
@phototristan
3 жыл бұрын
This guy is showboating, not smart.
@sdcoinshooter
4 жыл бұрын
Dead stick, no chance of restart, and he is worried about having enough energy to roll up to the gas pumps(?)(!). He is either an exceptional pilot or absolutely insane. Maybe both
@hyedenny
8 жыл бұрын
All fair skills except for the most important: judgement. What a frikkin irresponsible moron.
@phapnui
7 жыл бұрын
When I was learning to fly helicopters, I hated it when I had everything going good and instructor cut the engine and down we'd go. Sometimes just hovering. I autorotated so many times when it happened for real it was no big deal. On that starch wing, it can glide and give you time to pick out a spot and go for it and maybe go for a better one. In a rotary wing, you go for one spot and one spot only and you are practically going straight down. Best get experience in emergency procedures and keep practicing. It may seem insane at first but it will save your life.
@eastendmafia1773
3 жыл бұрын
“You see I’ve never tried this with a tailwind...screws everything up”
@LCMNUNES1962
5 жыл бұрын
ÓTIMO POUSO AERONCA, BRASIL OK.
@KCdurt
6 жыл бұрын
That's some great flying! Not a bad idea to practice dead stick so you're not dropping bricks when it happens for real. It's hard to fly by the seat of your pants if they're full of poo.
@davidtucker3538
3 жыл бұрын
I would just be concerned about getting down safely. Seems like he has been doing this all his life. Wants to stop close to the gas pump.
@donaldkeith5242
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent practice of required skills! Some people watch too much TV. Planes don’t spiral uncontrollably to the ground just because of an engine failure. That Champ is a natural floater. I’d love to take lessons from this pilot. 👍🏻
@JessHull
7 жыл бұрын
I like how quite it got when he shut the engine off. More people should do that when they record a flight.
@panther105
7 жыл бұрын
Just wondering if this guy has so much experience with this plane that he wouldn't have anticipated fuel starvation from previous spins?
@OpenSesame001
10 жыл бұрын
Don't you wish you could just Pop-the-Clutch and get it started in mid-air?.. way to go Carl, you made it look so easy.
@feetgoaroundfullflapsC
4 жыл бұрын
The worst pilot will say; I can do that, but I wont do it.. The best pilot will say: I can do that, and done it..
@blairwise3339
8 жыл бұрын
that is the greatest thing I've seen in ages. What a smile that put on my face. Whereabouts are you guys located in Ohio I happen to live in Ohio myself and will be returning to the Springfield area sometime soon.
@sonjalewis3047
8 жыл бұрын
A friend got too busy, year after year, to rebuild the Champ he bought. But he was wistful about the tremendous flying ability, under adversity, of this tail-dragger.
@danno02
7 жыл бұрын
I dont know anything about flight, but Id trust this guy any day.
@bruce2357
8 жыл бұрын
I don't have a problem with him stopping the engine, that's his choice. I had to do this very thing minus the prop stopping on my check ride. There was nobody in the pattern we were cleared to land turning downwind, the examiner cut the power and declared I had an engine failure. He then told me I couldn't use flaps. I looked at him and said this airplane has mechanical flaps, the chances of there being a problem with the flaps after an engine failure are almost zero. He reiterated, "no flaps", I said okay. Where I learned the airport was surrounded by houses, so I didn't want to come up short. I didn't, I was way too high on final so I started S turning and then ended up doing a very aggressive slip like this guy. I got it down and stopped about 2/3 of the way down a 3,000' runway. I exclaimed, "well that wasn't pretty" and the examiner shot back that if this had been real I just saved the lives of everyone on the airplane and he was proud to tell me I passed the ride. I started in sailplanes so I was taught slips, but I was used to always having something else at my disposal. Namely dive brakes in the trainer glider and flaps in the powered airplane. This guy did this with no flaps, I know what it's like, so he's definitely got skills. What I do wonder about is whether or not this was enough to shock cool the engine?
@JohnMGreiner
7 жыл бұрын
my favorite part was when he said "utt oh", not the kind of thing you want to here when your stuck in the back seat. Great job though.
@cisco993623
8 жыл бұрын
wow...that's a pilot...
@Ichibuns
6 жыл бұрын
While I wouldn't do that, the pilot was in a location where nobody else would get hurt. I find nothing wrong with this. Both pilot and passenger consented. The rules of Aviation are never placed to protect the pilot. Only innocent bystanders
@shader26
2 жыл бұрын
There was a fuel leak. It was necessary to cut the engine. I don’t think this was planned.
@garychynne1377
5 жыл бұрын
50 years ago in a champ i was on final, had carb heat on but power off. it was about 32 degrees and when i cracked the power all i saw was the prop. i just made it but never fully took the power off again. leave er tickin over kid. have fun
@k9er233
4 жыл бұрын
Love the slip... much like doing full throttle crossed-up power slides flat-track style on a dirt bike... my instructor in the Champ taught me the slip and my years of dirt-biking made it so easy and a lot of fun! Great flying, brought back a lot of memories...instructor pulls back throttle and holds it firmly..."power out, what are you going to do...do it now"...place to land, form a plan, set it up, take it down, slip it in...gives back throttle lever 50' AGL, no engine farts, go around and put it down... great training - great memories!
@GreenFillwood
8 жыл бұрын
Elected to land down wind from that altitude?? Circuit planning?? Circuit cramping! Suggest taking some gliding lessons where all landings are deadstick.
@davidwhite8633
6 жыл бұрын
GreenFillwood I guess he wanted to end up near the fuel pump at the end of his ground-run rather than halfway down the field!!
@billpennock8585
6 жыл бұрын
good call. I hadn't noticed that. And I'm guessing the "downwind" wasn't particularly strong
@BadIdeas101
6 жыл бұрын
That was some genuine old fashion barnstorm style hijinks right there
@nerblebun
4 жыл бұрын
From the time I was 10 years old til about 14, I spent many, many hours in the backseat of my Uncle Ed's Aeronca Champ. We flew all over California in that little 65hp air-knocker. After a fuel attendant at SAC Metro put on the wrong fuel-cap (vented), the plane ran out of fuel about ten miles out of Healdsburg, Ca. My heart skipped a few but we had enough altitude for Uncle Ed to just glide her in for a perfect deadstick landing. Refueled, ate lunch, then straight back to SAC Metro where Uncle Ed almost choked the attendant unconscious.
@macworks9389
3 жыл бұрын
First airplane I ever flew at 14. I was also learning to fly gliders at the time. I went up with my instructor an F-101 pilot and we shutdown the engine and he gave me a great lesson on flying the aircraft. We actually gained altitude in a thermal. Great confidence builder.
@kentuckyblugrass
5 жыл бұрын
Two words you never want to hear from your pilot..."Oh Oh". 🙏👏👍
@YZFoFittie
8 жыл бұрын
"Ok, now the engine is stopped and no way to start it"....(massive heart attack) Guy in the back seat, "uhhhhhhh"......
@nalegene
8 жыл бұрын
Landing down wind is completely nuts unless you have absolutely no other choice. Please do not attemp landing downwind. Missing my. Champ.
@DavidGonzalez-tp5gl
6 жыл бұрын
Beast mode switch locked in the full on position!
@patbaxter6588
7 жыл бұрын
First class flying. Enjoyed your quiet calmness in this situation!
@nobodyyouknow222
10 жыл бұрын
Energy management.
@heretohear8662
10 жыл бұрын
Precisely!
@mikah4051
6 жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing flying. Hats off to the pilot and camera man. I was nervous just watching the footage. There was zero room for error.
@yurimig253
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy old pilots 😂 😎👍
@adamhausmann3969
10 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Stayed calm and talked through the whole ordeal. Even though he was right over the strip, ELPs can go very wrong very quickly. That was awesome and perfectly executed.
@Breakstuff455khz
2 жыл бұрын
At first I thought this was a home video from the 90's, just had all old school charm. Great video, makes me wanna learn to fly.
@truthteller1914
8 жыл бұрын
When I teach sailing, I require students to learn to dock under sail only (with an engine idling in neutral) as, if you sail long enough, you will have no choice. Yes, it has happened to me. Because I have practiced it as well as taught it, I was without drama or damage. Flying, the same rule applies. Sooner or later, you will have an engine failure. For some reason, this seems to happen most often on take offs and landings. At least you'll have a runway nearby in those cases. :)
@tpowell453
7 жыл бұрын
You don't practice engine out conditions by turning the engine off. You do it with the engine at idle. So everything you said has no relevance here. This was a stupid stunt.
@truthteller1914
7 жыл бұрын
Ima SuperPerson When I had the students practice it was with the engine idling in neutral If you had read my post with your comprehension node active, you would know that I said that and it was totally relevant, Ima Stupidperson.
@davidjose9808
5 жыл бұрын
My 30 years handling a day sailer (without a kicker) really helped when I started initial flight lessons (in a taildragger). Judging energy depletion as you approach a dock in a side-drifting current and gusting winds has benefits when translating to three dimensional flight environments.
@bmused55
10 жыл бұрын
I'd fly with him any day!
@NikosWings
6 жыл бұрын
He is a great pilot but still this is unnecessary showing off...
@flyboy712
7 жыл бұрын
Blair Wise, as you know, there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. This was not a good idea, though fun to watch.
@TeemarkConvair
10 жыл бұрын
you REALLY don't want the pilot saying ":uh-OH".. LoL
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