Is this type of flying ¨craizy¨¨?

abrutus

abrutus

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This guys do it all the time flying down in the mountains of the northern state of Mexico called Chihuahua (South of New Mexico)..

Their company moto is : We fly where birds dont fly¨.. and after watching a couple of their videos of their landings and take off at diferent strips.. Im starting to believe they really mean what they say :O .

Take for instance this take off and landing..
Not a lot of margin for error (if any) on these ones huh..



and this is the landing in the same strip..



Have mercy!
 
I have not taken off or landed anywhere close to what these guys have in a 206. But, I have had interesting missions where I've had to navigate very close to sides of mountains, around peaks, in draws then back onto the line and continue for hours at a time. What I have taken away from those missions and flying on the edge of the envelope, is that you as an aviator must be confident in your own skills and be 100% familiar with what your aircraft is capable of. Mastery of the aircraft must be there before even attempting something close to what they are doing.
 
I see fun flying there. Nothing crazy about it at all. You should see some of the places we're taking a king air. They're really not bad at all, but I'm sure an outsider would think it's crazy, much like this.
 
Not necessarily, but you need to have a plan. There was a place that I would get gas when I was surveying in Spokane, Priest River was the airport specifically(1S6). If things went tits up(down draft was the primary concern with a 172), my plan was to knife edge through the trees at the end of the runway, quickly level(obviously) and do an immediate right turn up the river and hug either side of the valley for whatever aid in lift I could get.

While Priest River isn't as extreme as this(being paved and all), the terrain is similar and a 172 sucks in the mountains. :)
 
UAL747400 said:
Not necessarily, but you need to have a plan. There was a place that I would get gas when I was surveying in Spokane, Priest River was the airport specifically(1S6). If things went tits up(down draft was the primary concern with a 172), my plan was to knife edge through the trees at the end of the runway, quickly level(obviously) and do an immediate right turn up the river and hug either side of the valley for whatever aid in lift I could get.

While Priest River isn't as extreme as this(being paved and all), the terrain is similar and a 172 sucks in the mountains. :)
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That's where I would take all my students to do some basic mountain training.

Later in life I flew our King Air in there with a few Lears as well for an event. That was a boat load of fun!
 
Cessnaflyer said:
That's where I would take all my students to do some basic mountain training.

Later in life I flew our King Air in there with a few Lears as well for an event. That was a boat load of fun!
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:eek: WHA WHA WHAT??????

I was astonished when I saw a chieftain in there! I saw a 402 in Colville too. Makes me feel like I suck at flying! :) I mean, I guess the runways aren't THAT short, that terrain was scary to me in an M/P model 172 though. I really felt that thing wasn't made to be doing what we were doing. At least not with the winds we had.
 
Yeah, it's dangerous. But so is flying in general. Just make sure you have a plan, and know that if the engine quits, you'll have to ride it in to some really rough terrain.
 
UAL747400 said:
:eek: WHA WHA WHAT??????

I was astonished when I saw a chieftain in there! I saw a 402 in Colville too. Makes me feel like I suck at flying! :) I mean, I guess the runways aren't THAT short, that terrain was scary to me in an M/P model 172 though. I really felt that thing wasn't made to be doing what we were doing. At least not with the winds we had.
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It was tight for the Lear guys. Us in the King Airs and PC-12s were fine.
 
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