The runway is wet.

[785boats]

I know they're not boats but a lot of you guys fly or, like me, have flown models & should appreciate the skill involved here. Insane.
Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01E_6oxvlQA

[Kmot]

When I first saw a still photo of this team I didn't believe it. I thought it was a Photoshop job. I later learned about the team and watched numerous videos. These guys do a stunt I never would have thought possible with standard sized tires.

[smart_racer]

Very impressive

[420TEE]

Hydroplanes often take to the air, so why not the other way? :p
Very impressive flying. Drop about six inches and it's all over.

[Hannu Vuorinen]

Hi,

some of the "bad boys" used to do that often while approaching
with Cessna Agwagon after glider tow, and changing from also from left and right touching :)
( main runway was ending to lake, so perfect place to make it...)
Seen also a perfect circle on one tire :D

BR,
Hannu

[jeepers1940]

" a perfect circle on one tire "
That's some seriously skillful flying.
Reminds me of when we would practice making "wheel landings" in a conventional landing gear (not tricycle gear) light airplane. Useful when you are landing a taildragger, with a strong crosswind component. Takes a light touch on the stick and some practice.

[Aerominded]

Water is pretty hard stuff when you are going fast enough... don't try that at home...

[Kmot]

Water is pretty hard stuff when you are going fast enough... don't try that at home...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BWzeFkGOUt8

[jeepers1940]

Let's see, now
Landing on land - wheels down
Landing on water - wheels up
Yep, that's it!

[Aerominded]

Amphibs just hate wheels down water landings... :eek:

Ouch! :eek:

[Brooks]

Using a lake as a runway extension was/is common practice among bush pilots. Anyone who has fallen while waterskiing knows how solid water can be :-). All the same, it's not something that I would be comfortable doing, so my hat's off to the gents involved.

[Kmot]

Here is a video of an Alaskan bush pilot using a river to extend his 'runway'.

http://www.akbushwheel.com/downloads/river3.wmv

[kf2qd]

But what if there just happens to be a barely submerged log that just happens to be drifting through as you are trying to land...

And those T6's are also making good use of GROUND EFFECT. That's what makes a piper take a lot longer landing run than a Cessna. That air that is compressed between the ground and the wing can really stretch out a landing... It can also allow you to get off the ground just a bit too early...

[toesup]

I've seen film of crop sprayers doing that.. after a long hard day, they do it to let off steam!.. :eek:

.. but to see it done in formation like that is... MAD!

[785boats]

Great video Kmot.
Bush pilots are probably the most innovative pilots the world over. My brother in law is one up in New Guinea. He tells a good story or two. If only they were on video. Nothing to do with water landings though. But here's another one of how not to land on water even when you're supposed to.It's actualy in the meneu of the first video so you've all probably seen it anyway.
Regards,
Paul.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=m6gBWOMmN0M

[AndyKunz]

That looks like me taking off my Twin Aventura w/o the tip floats!

Andy

[Kmot]

Yeah, seen that one before. Scary thinking someone was actually trying to control that thing.

[james carey]

There's an old saying I heard when I was in Papua New Guinea :

There's Old Pilots and there's Bold Pilots, but there's no Old Bold Pilots.

James