Many of you will know that there is an Il-62 on display on a small airfield (Stölln-Rhinow) some 70 km north of Berlin, and that the aicraft was flown there instead of being transported in pieces by lorries. It used 800 m of the available 900 m grass runway.
And here are some movies of that landing, one I’ve always wanted to see:
Quite an event…..:eek:
Tillerman.
By: steve rowell - 6th February 2008 at 09:12
Thank you Frank
By: frankvw - 6th February 2008 at 06:26
Pretty rough landing..can anyone translate what the pilot said please??
He basically said that they had it all planned, except for one thing: the dust cloud was more important than what they’d thought. They had no light on in the cockpit, so, they had to stay there for some time till the dirt settled, as it was pitch dark. They had no idea how much of the “runway” they actually used till then.
By: steve rowell - 6th February 2008 at 03:42
He said “Try doing that in a 777 comrade !”
I bet he did with a couple of expletives thrown in for good measure
By: Ren Frew - 5th February 2008 at 23:45
Pretty rough landing..can anyone translate what the pilot said please??
He said “Try doing that in a 777 comrade !”
By: steve rowell - 5th February 2008 at 23:07
Pretty rough landing..can anyone translate what the pilot said please??
By: old shape - 5th February 2008 at 20:50
That is stunningly insane, it looks more like an ordinary field than a grass runway! I love the way he pulls the nose up so far to slow down. It must have been quite an experience to even see that landing, never mind be on the actual aircraft!
Paul
Not sure he meant to pull the nose up that far!!??
See all the grass/dirt blast vertical from the reverse thruster doors too LoL.
By: Flanker_man - 5th February 2008 at 20:32
Flanker_man, that rang a bell to me, I remembered seeing a picture of a Tu-154 with a caption corresponding with your story. Is it this one you saw?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot/Tupolev-Tu-154/0819796/L/
Tillerman.
That’s one of them…..
One of the An-24’s was a ‘rare’ one in Air Mali (IIRC?) markings – as pointed out by one of the spotters in our group.
Ken
By: wawkrk - 5th February 2008 at 19:25
I understand some Soviet airliners were designed to land on grass strips.
I remember reading that the TU154 was.
By: Tillerman - 5th February 2008 at 18:00
Flanker_man, that rang a bell to me, I remembered seeing a picture of a Tu-154 with a caption corresponding with your story. Is it this one you saw?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot/Tupolev-Tu-154/0819796/L/
Tillerman.
By: Flanker_man - 5th February 2008 at 16:49
On an aviation visit to Russia a few years back we were taken to an Aeroflot training school at Yegoryevsk – 114km southeast of Moscow.
On a ramp we were shown a couple of Tu-154’s a Yak-42 and three An-24’s.
As there was no airfield on the site, we asked how the airframes got there?
Our host replied that in the winter, they flooded a nearby field and landed the airliners on the frozen ground.
They then fitted skis underneath the airframes – and towed them to the school 😮
They even showed us some B&W photos of a Tu-154 being towed in…..
The airframes are still there – checkout Google Earth at 55 22 49.71N, 39 00 25.62E
Ken
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th February 2008 at 16:24
absolutely mental lol
well the landing gear must have been nice and sovietly strong
By: PMN - 5th February 2008 at 15:29
That is stunningly insane, it looks more like an ordinary field than a grass runway! I love the way he pulls the nose up so far to slow down. It must have been quite an experience to even see that landing, never mind be on the actual aircraft!
Paul
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