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(Video) World Premiere: the Pilatus PC-24 Landing on an Unpaved Runway

5년 전 제출됨

Woodbridge Airfield to the north east of London offers optimum test conditions: Pilatus spent two weeks there in June 2018 testing the PC-24’s landing and take-off capabilities on the airfield’s unmade runway for the first time. (youtube.com) 기타...

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Tim Eichman 5년 전 7

Nice accomplishment, but... to quote an astute YouTube commenter "0 P": "Somewhere in Columbia a drug cartel is ordering a fleet"

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Scott Campbell 5년 전 3

Fairly confident Pilatus would not test there without a complete ground inspection.

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royr2 5년 전 3

The Off-Road Jet has finally arrived!

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Tottie Mitchell 5년 전 2

My former husband was CDR at Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof 1988-1991. The US Army had two Pilatus Porter PC-6s in the hanger. He said this plane flew like a kite and often just did not want to land. West Berlin was restricted airspace at the time, of course. And did not Mel Gibson "fly" one in Air America the plane landed up hill in the dirt? Great Swiss precision at work.

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Highflyer1950 5년 전 2

Great till a stone goes through the flap!

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Bernie20910 5년 전 3

Nothing a little 100mph tape wouldn't fix well enough to get you someplace for a permanent repair.

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Ronald Spencer 5년 전 2

PC12s land daily on dirt in Flying Doctors Fleet in Australia the plane is designed for this

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Simon Collier 5년 전 2

Never heard of Woodbridge airfield to the north east of London

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mark robinson 5년 전 2

It is to the north-east of London, but that's a bit misleading! Woodbridge is actually just east of Ipswich in Suffolk, about 75 miles from London.
It was built by the RAF in the Second World War and saw use by the USAF up until the early 90s. It's still owned by the MoD and now used mainly for testing and training purposes.

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Ian Millar 5년 전 2

Check out these coordinates 52°05′16.08″N 001°24′02.97″E

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Carol Steinbrecher 5년 전 1

Closed fighter base...???

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Patty Vanoy 5년 전 0

You don’t know what you’re missing.

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Bob Keeping 5년 전 1

I'd find a paved surface personally. FOD anyone?

Bob

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Ronald Spencer 5년 전 3

Bit hard in the middle of Western Australia when someone is critical

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Carol Steinbrecher 5년 전 1

Interesting. I was watching the intakes fort that very same thing, and it looks like they have built them high enough off the ground tp miss the FOD. But I have seen some amazing things sucked up on carrier decks....

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Carol Steinbrecher 5년 전 1

WOW!!! Would love to test fly this baby!!!! Hey, if Cartel can buy them, so can Uncle....

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Ronald Spencer 5년 전 1

The RFDS was launch partner with 4 for a start and they will be landing on dirt sometimes in outback Australia great addition to their many PC12s

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