Some of the pilots are landing on the 1,000ft marker and taxiing of in about 500ft. That is impressive. Less than a 500ft ground roll. The plane and pilot are impressive…😊
I had a check ride back in the 90's with an old military pilot. I taxi'd out on the runway with my front wheel on the yellow line, he carried a 5/16 dowel rod with him everywhere and I found out what it was for! He smacked my knuckles and took control of the a/c, he spun it around, put the outside tire on the grass and gave me control saying, "any runway behind you on a take off role gone bad is useless!!!" I ALWAYS took the active just as he taught forever more ;-) Enjoyed the video, thank you :-)
@@Cougar1212 Lukla is at 9,500 feet and this is at sea level. Air density is far lower in Lukla than in St Bart's, so the aircraft has to come at a higher speed to produce the same lift otherwise it would stall.
@@jackthorne7636 You are correct good sir. But still... I measured their landing distance: a little under 380'. C'mon now, thass a little cra cra without an arresting wire !
Marvelous sense of safety with the '''Twin Otter''' Super Bush Plane for Me... You should see them running on the windy whet beaches in Scotland in the Outer Hebrides and Islands, that have no Aierposts or Space....♥ ♥
Love the Twin Otters at 5 min and 14 min 30 sec that actually only use half the runway with full reverse thrust upon landing. :) That's impressive considering this is a steep approach and already fairly short runway. Great pilots and aircraft! I also have a soft spot for the PC-12s, they look so sleek. They've even got a "Soft Ride" button in the cockpit in addition to the normal yaw damper. They're like a flying Mercedes. Thanks for the amazing video!
Totally love the PC12's and it's amazing to see how short the Twin otters take to stop after they touchdown. simply fascinating, on my bucket list to land here one day, still a student pilot atm.
The steep approach actually makes stopping easier as you have your energy mostly in the vertical vector, you need a good potent flare to arrest that and then the plane almost stops itself.
I had the good fortune to stay in St. Barth's several times. It is a fantastically beautiful Island and the flight between St. Maarten and St. Barthelemy is a treat for flight aficionados. The plane literally drops onto the runway. Even better is the stone Cross you fly over just before landing. I have my own record of the flight, but happy to add yours to my own.
Loved this video. It gives a very good impression of airport activity from various angles. The Winward Islander almost shaved the grass at c12 mins. :) Tks for sharing.
Can't believe the nose down pitch on those Twin Otters! It is hard enough to land on regular runways in calm conditions, let alone that approach, that length and then 15-20kt, gusting winds and quarter winds! Good God! Those are some amazing pilots! Thanks for the great video!
Bravo. Belles vidéos. Le gendarme a eu chaud au képi ;) Le twin otter est bien dans son royaume ici. Étonnant de voir la difference d’approche entre mono et bi moteur...
I got checked out in a J3 Cub at an Airport in Genoa City,Wi. and it had a drop approaching the east grass runway. It freaked out a lot of people and was good training.
Wow, that was a great watch. The slow-motion shot was spectacular, but surely, there must be some'incidents' to spice it up a bit? I mean, we didn't even see one go-around! Thanks, very enjotable.
14:55 - lucky this truck wasn't a few seconds later. impressive that we didn't see one go-around. thank you for a great video without music and other junk.
The STOL capabilities of the Twin Otter is sure evident here! Landing and being able to take the fist exit is simply amazing! Everyone else has to back taxi.
@@jamesstephenpeyton3305 I'm hardly an expert but that was my impression. That plane at 4:53 was very much nose-down and many were touching down mid-field. From the angle it was hard to tell how obstructed the approach was but these planes were coming in really fast/high. Now, if the wind was gusty that could explain some of the speed.
@@deephorizon1365 yeah, it definitely looks windy. I'm just surprised how far down the runway they're landing and how far nose-down they are. That one Cessna seemed to be floating forever - when I was a student that would have been an automatic go-around.
Just watched it all. 12/09/2020. Not going out due to C-19. 2014 no C-19 happy times. GREAT FILM any more please. Be safe and well my friends. Scribbler
Goto 11:50 and stop at 12:04....wow baby He's no higher then a car....and see the fellow ducking behind the sign... It's call reach up an touch something.
I've landed on tiny farm strips I thought were demanding in Austers & Cubs, one look at this place and I wouldn't even give it a go round! I guess the wind is pretty much always coming off the ocean. Maximum respect to These pilots.
If you missed the man ducking behind the sign go to 12:29 and look at the right side of the screen. It is not the man who is standing up. I think that man ducked at the right time or he might of been killed?
Twin otter the best. See to fly on them to harbour island back in the day. The airstrip was shorter than this and the approach was from the water edge.
Hopped islands a number of times many years back. Those Twin Otters were workhorse aircraft. Might bounce around, but they'd get you there. Would love to go back.
Between 14:10 and 14:20 is that white car and red car in the background called Perodua Kembara? Because i saw that car looks very similar to the Perodua Kembara, it's manufactured locally in Malaysia, the country i lived on and Perodua is our own brand
My first flight into this airport was in 1980. Thirty nine years ago. The runway was the same but there was only one small building there at that time. All the buildings seen in these videos were not there back then. Even the houses on the hillside came much later. I ran into Lisa Minelli and her husband when she was on one of her honeymoons. Stayed at a hill top place called Les Castelets. That place was later scraped off the map in a hurricane.
At 12.04 the police DO NOT duck. They are there to stop drivers not wearing seatbelts. It's one of their favorite spots as this roundabout is one of the most passed spots for cars on St Barts for cars coming from Colombier, Gustavia and the Airport and the largest supermarket in town. They are not controlling traffic flow at all.
Had my Archer II's annual done there (dropped it off at Grand Case on St Martin), last week went to St Barths, did my flight review and the training to land there:) last week. It is much scarier in real life than on the video. Whatever happens one must not dive at the aim point - I am so used to 80 mph approach that I found it very difficult to drop another 6/7 mph - it's a short runway when one is used to 10,000ft - crossing the roundabout, so relieved one forgets to ge ready to land. Very odd as one cannot see the runway for most of the circuit (a left hand), but there are rocks and islands to use to align (oddly one does not fly the extended centerline) - there is the saddle of the hills on each side, the two white marks pop up from the saddle as one is closing, then hold them there, lots of early flap, better to be too low than too high - too high there is not enough time to fix the speed. May go back for the annual next year (400+ nm trip from Barbados), by then my training will have worn out - one has to land every six months to keep it current - after doing it my landings at Guadeloupe and Barbados were rather good (alternator failure 60 miles out notwithstanding, but that's another story)
Merci beaucoup !! pour toutes ces vidéos reliées ! mais ça reflète bien la réalité pour les atterrissages et décollages surtout par vent travers est qui plus est force du vent fort, à saint Barthélémy super vidéo Thank you very much !! for all these related videos! but it reflects the reality for landings and takeoffs especially by wind through is more strong wind force, Saint Barthélémy super video
Is landing and take-off approach always in that direction? Or is it chosen by the wind direction of that day? Would be more easy to land in opposite direction?
No, it changes with the wind (from what I gather, runway 10 is more commonly used than 28. Although the landings on 28 seem just as crazy: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinAir_De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6-300_Twin_Otter_Breidenstein.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
Man I was a tad bit worried about that Cesna towards the beginning of the video, it was having a bit of a struggle getting it's altitude after takeoff.....
The shots from the beach end of the runway really show how unnaturally the pilot must fly in order to land, very sharp and sudden nose dive to try and get own to the runway and touchdown while there is still enough runway left not to run out into the water. Amazing. Like doing stunt flying.
Oh yes, there is a down slope too. Did down down wind landings (so going east to west) even scarier, no chance of a go around - well one could but would hit the hill, so eascape to the left or right either. Going to do Mustique in a few weeks, have got a bit of a taste for odd landings.
My instructor wanted his students to land at any nearby airport that had anything odd or somehow not the usual ( nothing near like this) . I got the point.
Whoa! If that policeman didn't duck, he'll surely get a 'head massage' by the right main landing gear. Twin otter DHC-6 STOL aircraft, still the best!!
I don't know about that... The DHC-5 Buffalo is a little MORE amazing I think. I believe Viking is trying to get that one into production too. Love the Twin Otter, but I'm infatuated with the Buffalo. Ya, I know it's main purpose was as a military transport, but that thing would make a great civilian cargo plane for super short fields if Viking ends up producing it.
+Spenser Critterton yes, the top is a roundabout that divides three main roads in Saint Barth. The beach is public and not far from one of the most famous beaches on the island
If we see from opposite runway, the hill itself wasn’t very steep in my humble opinion (still passable) but the runway is relatively short, it makes some technique to hit the two white strips landing zone correctly.
Fantastic video. No stupid music to cock it up, just a great half hour of watching an interesting approach airfield. Thank you for posting.
Hey thats a great idea! How bout some Nickelback?! hahaha
yes people, enough with music on posted vids.
As an ex military fast jet pilot that was super cool to watch. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for the straight forward video on awesome approaches, landings, and takeoffs.
The Twin Otter’s STOL capabilities are beyond impressive! What an underrated aircraft.
Some of the pilots are landing on the 1,000ft marker and taxiing of in about 500ft. That is impressive. Less than a 500ft ground roll. The plane and pilot are impressive…😊
I had a check ride back in the 90's with an old military pilot. I taxi'd out on the runway with my front wheel on the yellow line, he carried a 5/16 dowel rod with him everywhere and I found out what it was for! He smacked my knuckles and took control of the a/c, he spun it around, put the outside tire on the grass and gave me control saying, "any runway behind you on a take off role gone bad is useless!!!" I ALWAYS took the active just as he taught forever more ;-) Enjoyed the video, thank you :-)
Thanks for the loud planes and planes taking off and landing
My favourite St. Barth footage in UA-cam. Could it watch all day long :)
yes indeed
Those Twin Otter pilots manage to slow it down enough to take the first exit directly, great job!
That one's pretty unbelievable.I'm guessing in under 300'! Don't know how that's possible. Downhill runway too. They don't stop that fast at Lukla!!
@@Cougar1212 Lukla is at 9,500 feet and this is at sea level. Air density is far lower in Lukla than in St Bart's, so the aircraft has to come at a higher speed to produce the same lift otherwise it would stall.
@@jackthorne7636 You are correct good sir. But still... I measured their landing distance: a little under 380'. C'mon now, thass a little cra cra without an arresting wire !
Simply amazing. It was one of the things that surprised me the most from the video, thanks a lot for sharing
Marvelous sense of safety with the '''Twin Otter''' Super Bush Plane for Me... You should see them running on the windy whet beaches in Scotland in the Outer Hebrides and Islands, that have no Aierposts or Space....♥ ♥
Love the Twin Otters at 5 min and 14 min 30 sec that actually only use half the runway with full reverse thrust upon landing. :) That's impressive considering this is a steep approach and already fairly short runway. Great pilots and aircraft! I also have a soft spot for the PC-12s, they look so sleek. They've even got a "Soft Ride" button in the cockpit in addition to the normal yaw damper. They're like a flying Mercedes. Thanks for the amazing video!
Totally love the PC12's and it's amazing to see how short the Twin otters take to stop after they touchdown. simply fascinating, on my bucket list to land here one day, still a student pilot atm.
The steep approach actually makes stopping easier as you have your energy mostly in the vertical vector, you need a good potent flare to arrest that and then the plane almost stops itself.
Impressive Twin Otters, 10 second takeoff roll and almost helicopter landing distances :-)
Very beautiful place! I wanna be there some day!!
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Great high quality coverage of some amazing flying,what a busy place it is,thank you.
I could enjoy watching & listening to this ALL day..! :D
I had the good fortune to stay in St. Barth's several times. It is a fantastically beautiful Island and the flight between St. Maarten and St. Barthelemy is a treat for flight aficionados. The plane literally drops onto the runway. Even better is the stone Cross you fly over just before landing. I have my own record of the flight, but happy to add yours to my own.
Hats off to all the skilled pilots that use this port daily.
12:00 - Very impressive landing of the Islander, congrats to the pilot !
05:37 - as well for the PC-12 !
I'm a little surprised traffic isn't stopped allowing aircraft to make their final approach. Awesome video, thanks.
Magnificent video! Enjoyed it very much. I want to go to St. Barth! (But I think I'll take a boat)
Loved this video. It gives a very good impression of airport activity from various angles. The Winward Islander almost shaved the grass at c12 mins. :) Tks for sharing.
+greysponge66 Thanks
Can't believe the nose down pitch on those Twin Otters! It is hard enough to land on regular runways in calm conditions, let alone that approach, that length and then 15-20kt, gusting winds and quarter winds! Good God! Those are some amazing pilots! Thanks for the great video!
+Bryan Skrenes Thank you.
12:09 almost hit that dang car! And LOL see the policeman? XD I replayed this twice after my homework! Great vid.
Bravo. Belles vidéos. Le gendarme a eu chaud au képi ;)
Le twin otter est bien dans son royaume ici. Étonnant de voir la difference d’approche entre mono et bi moteur...
I got checked out in a J3 Cub at an Airport in Genoa City,Wi. and it had a drop approaching the east grass runway. It freaked out a lot of people and was good training.
love watching the dhc6 on landing, awesome planes, thanks for the great video.
It really does look like a 'Yeah Nah maybe' sort of a runway. Great flying skills shown here in putting the birds down like that. Nice footage cheers.
Great footages from this unique airport. Big like
Awesome Video Kurt! Thanks for Making it.
Great video Kurt, thanks so much. Must put this place on my list!
Thanks, a good idea, the island is worth a visit
A walk down memory lane, beautiful video ; )
Captain JC Kidder ATP Thanks :-)
Wow, that was a great watch. The slow-motion shot was spectacular, but surely, there must be some'incidents' to spice it up a bit? I mean, we didn't even see one go-around! Thanks, very enjotable.
Terrific! Thanks for taking the time and sharing!
Freedom & Justice Thanks :-)
14:55 - lucky this truck wasn't a few seconds later. impressive that we didn't see one go-around. thank you for a great video without music and other junk.
Друг, как называется самолёт?
This is really great footage, thank you so much. Brings back the memories for this old pilot.
The STOL capabilities of the Twin Otter is sure evident here! Landing and being able to take the fist exit is simply amazing! Everyone else has to back taxi.
Great video. Some pilots are really pushing it and making some dangerous approaches.
carrying too much airspeed over the (fence).
@@jamesstephenpeyton3305 I'm hardly an expert but that was my impression. That plane at 4:53 was very much nose-down and many were touching down mid-field. From the angle it was hard to tell how obstructed the approach was but these planes were coming in really fast/high. Now, if the wind was gusty that could explain some of the speed.
@@RichFreeman He shows the wind sock a couple of times, from what I can see its windy
@@deephorizon1365 yeah, it definitely looks windy. I'm just surprised how far down the runway they're landing and how far nose-down they are. That one Cessna seemed to be floating forever - when I was a student that would have been an automatic go-around.
@@RichFreeman Don`t recall seeing a go around at this airport.
+Kurt Nice video. I use to live in Puerto Rico nice weather & places to eat
Fantastic video well done
Twin otters are amazing, flew one on floats on/off amazon river in Peru...
I flew CF-WZH in the Canadian Arctic
Nice photography, beautiful island. Walt in Miami
Love to watch pilots with great skill and guts land and take off in such windy conditions on a very difficult air strip.
It seems to have more traffic than Heathrow!
Great footage of the twin otter!!
Thanks, i like that aircraft :-)
Just watched it all. 12/09/2020. Not going out due to C-19. 2014 no C-19 happy times. GREAT FILM any more please. Be safe and well my friends. Scribbler
Beautiful island, but that airport is nuts! :)
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Goto 11:50 and stop at 12:04....wow baby
He's no higher then a car....and see the fellow ducking behind the sign...
It's call reach up an touch something.
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Same at 05:37. If a truck would´ve passed at that moment, they would´ve crashed.
I imagine a few pilots have clipped the grass at 12:06
@kurt Panduro What a fun and excellently done video. I enjoyed every bit of it ! Thank you for posting it.
I've landed on tiny farm strips I thought were demanding in Austers & Cubs, one look at this place and I wouldn't even give it a go round! I guess the wind is pretty much always coming off the ocean. Maximum respect to These pilots.
If you missed the man ducking behind the sign go to 12:29 and look at the right side of the screen. It is not the man who is standing up. I think that man ducked at the right time or he might of been killed?
Twin otter the best. See to fly on them to harbour island back in the day. The airstrip was shorter than this and the approach was from the water edge.
there has someone so really joy with his zoom
Awesome video thank you 😃✈️👍🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
Thank You Kurt for sharing this awesome video , keep up the good work !
+Frode Gundersen Thank you, I'll try is back on St. Barth again in about 30 days
Hopped islands a number of times many years back. Those Twin Otters were workhorse aircraft. Might bounce around, but they'd get you there. Would love to go back.
Between 14:10 and 14:20 is that white car and red car in the background called Perodua Kembara? Because i saw that car looks very similar to the Perodua Kembara, it's manufactured locally in Malaysia, the country i lived on and Perodua is our own brand
My first flight into this airport was in 1980. Thirty nine years ago. The runway was the same but there was only one small building there at that time.
All the buildings seen in these videos were not there back then. Even the houses on the hillside came much later.
I ran into Lisa Minelli and her husband when she was on one of her honeymoons.
Stayed at a hill top place called Les Castelets. That place was later scraped off the map in a hurricane.
At 12.04 the police DO NOT duck. They are there to stop drivers not wearing seatbelts. It's one of their favorite spots as this roundabout is one of the most passed spots for cars on St Barts for cars coming from Colombier, Gustavia and the Airport and the largest supermarket in town. They are not controlling traffic flow at all.
you blind? play it again in slow motion, the second cop IS ducking....
Those silver Pilatus are so sexy !!! Definitely one of my favorite ''small'' planes !
5:38 is my new desktop background
A very good compilation. Well edited.
Those are some serious pilot skills!
Great stuff. Those Caravans are the shiznitz for short-field ops!
That is one short runway and quite a hill leading down to touchdown! Wow
is that PC12... i just love it
4:19 Did he go around after floating half way down the runway? Think I would.
Another amazing video Kurt, well done! HUGE like!
Thanks
I was a px on one of these airplanes while in the Caribbean and loved the flight!
Had my Archer II's annual done there (dropped it off at Grand Case on St Martin), last week went to St Barths, did my flight review and the training to land there:) last week.
It is much scarier in real life than on the video.
Whatever happens one must not dive at the aim point - I am so used to 80 mph approach that I found it very difficult to drop another 6/7 mph - it's a short runway when one is used to 10,000ft - crossing the roundabout, so relieved one forgets to ge ready to land.
Very odd as one cannot see the runway for most of the circuit (a left hand), but there are rocks and islands to use to align (oddly one does not fly the extended centerline) - there is the saddle of the hills on each side, the two white marks pop up from the saddle as one is closing, then hold them there, lots of early flap, better to be too low than too high - too high there is not enough time to fix the speed.
May go back for the annual next year (400+ nm trip from Barbados), by then my training will have worn out - one has to land every six months to keep it current - after doing it my landings at Guadeloupe and Barbados were rather good (alternator failure 60 miles out notwithstanding, but that's another story)
Ok Kurt, nice video. Thank you very much
Merci beaucoup !!
pour toutes ces vidéos reliées !
mais ça reflète bien la réalité pour les atterrissages et décollages surtout par vent travers est qui plus est force du vent fort, à saint Barthélémy super vidéo
Thank you very much !!
for all these related videos!
but it reflects the reality for landings and takeoffs especially by wind through is more strong wind force, Saint Barthélémy super video
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Kudos to all those pilots. Very ballsy approach. 😳
enjoyed every minute of it great film
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!..
Is landing and take-off approach always in that direction? Or is it chosen by the wind direction of that day? Would be more easy to land in opposite direction?
No, it changes with the wind (from what I gather, runway 10 is more commonly used than 28. Although the landings on 28 seem just as crazy: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinAir_De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6-300_Twin_Otter_Breidenstein.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
[06:23] Right hand side door open while taxiing! Is that a common practice?
@Praveen b yes the plane gets quite warm inside until take off roll.
Starting at 1:45, the # 1 did not seem to spin as fast as #2. By the way, who's bright idea was it to build an airport in that spot??
Onde fica esse lugar?
Good job.
Man I was a tad bit worried about that Cesna towards the beginning of the video, it was having a bit of a struggle getting it's altitude after takeoff.....
Beautiful! Thank You!
Can someone tell me that silver plane on the right wing had a cylinder shape object next to the tip.
But the left wing did not.
What is it ???
Very nice video and audio without annoying music
Great video! Very fun to watch.
The shots from the beach end of the runway really show how unnaturally the pilot must fly in order to land, very sharp and sudden nose dive to try and get own to the runway and touchdown while there is still enough runway left not to run out into the water. Amazing. Like doing stunt flying.
There's an amazing concept called traffic lights, to stop the traffic when a plane approaches.... obviously St Barth's haven't heard about this yet!
There are 4 roads there with a busy roundabout.
Take offs seem pretty tricky.........The landings are what worries me. Can't they shave off some stretch of that hill on final approach ?
Oh yes, there is a down slope too.
Did down down wind landings (so going east to west) even scarier, no chance of a go around - well one could but would hit the hill, so eascape to the left or right either.
Going to do Mustique in a few weeks, have got a bit of a taste for odd landings.
My instructor wanted his students to land at any nearby airport that had anything odd or somehow not the usual ( nothing near like this) . I got the point.
How many flights a day average peak off season etc
I worked for years around those Caravans. Not only great STOL aircraft but can carry a truck load of supplies.
Wow, amazing landing, but who really had the idea of making that airport jeez...
Thanks for a beautiful film. For Europeans are remarkable and exotic sights. Most of the aircraft had a French markings. That is their territory?
Thank you, yes St. Barth is French territory
Excellent video!
Where would one have to fly to on a jet to catch a connecting flight to the island?
nice vid superb shooting.
like the very low landing where the policeman almost got caught by the landing gear. nice speedy reaction by the policeman.
+Perry Ondra Thank You, Yes lucky for him :-)
Whoa! If that policeman didn't duck, he'll surely get a 'head massage' by the right main landing gear.
Twin otter DHC-6 STOL aircraft, still the best!!
I don't know about that... The DHC-5 Buffalo is a little MORE amazing I think. I believe Viking is trying to get that one into production too. Love the Twin Otter, but I'm infatuated with the Buffalo. Ya, I know it's main purpose was as a military transport, but that thing would make a great civilian cargo plane for super short fields if Viking ends up producing it.
Is the beach and top of the hill walkable from the airport?
+Spenser Critterton yes, the top is a roundabout that divides three main roads in Saint Barth. The beach is public and not far from one of the most famous beaches on the island
Great Shots...what type of camera are you shooting with ?
Melvin Foy Thanks..CANON LEGRIA HF G30
Great footage of what looks like a real challenge of an airfield to land at. And from what you shot, it looks like a very busy little airfield.
That Pilatus was cutting Grass... Nice Video
+J “jwcomair297” White Thanks
If we see from opposite runway, the hill itself wasn’t very steep in my humble opinion (still passable) but the runway is relatively short, it makes some technique to hit the two white strips landing zone correctly.
Love my Pilatus PC-12NGs
Yes a great aircraft like the video from 30:12 to 30:30 nice aircraft and a good sound :-)
Beautiful airport. Great flying!