Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea

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Twin Otter landing at Maramui in Papua New Guinea

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I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
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Only question left is, "MAF,[strike]JARS or New Tribes[/strike]?"



edit: duh-ohh, nevermind, completely overlooked the title. /heh/
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Darrell wrote:I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
Are those the ones that took off backwards?

https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI
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Wow. That airstrip isn't even a drag strip.
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Check out this compilation of landings from PNG. link
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mekender wrote:
Darrell wrote:I get to watch the academy's Twin Otter take off, fly and land on a near daily basis from work. It's their jump plane. Pretty tame most of the time, but occasionally the pilot will put the plane through its paces to some degree--taking off, immediately going into a steep climb and turn, gaining altitude for the jumps.
Are those the ones that took off backwards?

https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI
Nah, those are the old Cubs that serve as tow planes for the gliders. I've posted that vid before.
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