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Jimbuna
08-28-15, 07:28 AM
Awesome skills :sunny:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bC2XIGMI2kM
Oberon
08-28-15, 07:57 AM
It's amazing what you can land where when you put your mind and skills to it:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMjPJtEWoAApVoo.jpg:large
Sailor Steve
08-28-15, 09:12 AM
That's some serious skilz on the part of both pilot and paddles.

The sea was calm in our case, but back in '70 a visitor to our ship made what I thought was an impressive landing.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/bbass-6_zpsly35pygs.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/bbass-6_zpsly35pygs.jpg.html)
Dowly
08-28-15, 09:42 AM
It's still harder to land anything on a carrier in IL-2. :88)
Oberon
08-28-15, 09:52 AM
It's still harder to land anything on a carrier in IL-2. :88)

I dunno, Arclight...

http://www.kbismarck.com/photo111.jpg

...never mind...
HunterICX
08-28-15, 09:56 AM
It's still harder to land anything on a carrier in IL-2. :88)

At least we tried:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVq_EeLGFg
:D
Herr-Berbunch
08-28-15, 11:43 AM
Try landing a Harrier on a container ship.

https://youtu.be/BD4oiBSXGDM
AVGWarhawk
08-28-15, 01:07 PM
Landings like that will tighten your sphincter.
Catfish
08-28-15, 01:36 PM
Phantastic job, hats off!



Landings like that will tighten your sphincter.

I guess i should consider doing this then, when (if) i'm getting really old, might be helpful then :D


But .. PRISMdefense?? :hmmm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29
Dowly
08-28-15, 01:40 PM
But .. PRISM ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29
It says Prism Defence...

http://www.prismdefence.com/index.html
Catfish
08-28-15, 01:42 PM
OK thanks, thought so :03::up:
Commander Wallace
08-28-15, 03:05 PM
Awesome skills :sunny:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bC2XIGMI2kM

Excellent flying skills but I got sea sick just watching the video
:Kaleun_Sick:
Onkel Neal
08-28-15, 03:53 PM
Oh man, one mistake and there's your career, and maybe your life. Makes truck driving look easy.
Stealhead
08-28-15, 08:24 PM
They don't always make it. I have seen video of the now retired CH-46 which was used for under way resupply by the Navy and as an air assault craft by the USMC. Something went wrong and the bird suddenly flops over into the sea and sinks rapidly hard to tell if any crew got out.

EDIT: video read with full explation of what happened(in the description)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKUIKMJhhM

Something tells me that even this takes great skill the pilot has what 3 or 4 feet of error on the rear rotors and the hillside. Take into account as well the change in weight at the troops dismount plus the thinner air in the Afghan hills.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Gt1sKv2vo
Jimbuna
08-29-15, 09:30 AM
Try landing a Harrier on a container ship.

https://youtu.be/BD4oiBSXGDM

I remember that and the 'stink' it nearly caused afterwards :)