IL-62 Vs 1000m grass strip........
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Somewhatfoolish said:
What's the story behind this?
Translation of one of the comments in Russian says-"The plane had reached the limit of its hours, and was being delivered to
a museum in a small German town. Landing it in the field was the only
way they could get it there!"
Reminds me of what the Comet landing at Strathallan must have been like, only with less damage to the Il-62.
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 20th April 11:03
Mmmm bouncey 
It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
BigS said:
Mmmm bouncey
It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
"I'm running out of film, hope I have enough left to film the crash."It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
Brilliant.
BigS said:
Mmmm bouncey
It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
I've been on an IL-62 doing exactly the same take off as that from Narita. The total lack of acceleration was frightening. At least the one in the video stayed straight and level after take off. My flight started yawing alarmingly (being so close to stall maybe?).It's reminded me of another Ilyushin, taking off this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM
I've got the video somewhere. It's probably the closest I've ever been to crashing.....
MOTORVATOR said:
Is it just me or can you see the airframe flex as it touches down at around 12 secs? Good job it wasn't going to fly again...Just for info : not only is the plane located at Otto-Lilienthal-Strasse now,
but it is in Stölln, the town where Lilienthal did most of his hang-gliding flights.
The IL-62 landed not far away from the spot where he crashed lethally during one of these in 1896.
The plane called "Lady Agnes" (after his wife) now houses a museum which has attracted over 350.000 visitors
and a civil registry office, you can get married in there.
but it is in Stölln, the town where Lilienthal did most of his hang-gliding flights.
The IL-62 landed not far away from the spot where he crashed lethally during one of these in 1896.
The plane called "Lady Agnes" (after his wife) now houses a museum which has attracted over 350.000 visitors
and a civil registry office, you can get married in there.
Similar retirement landing of SAA 747SP on to a small 15m wide runway in Randstad (sorry about the music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai8KY4pxxgw&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai8KY4pxxgw&fea...
FourWheelDrift said:
Reminds me of what the Comet landing at Strathallan must have been like, only with less damage to the Il-62.
In case you didn't know about it, this is how the Comet looked after landing on the short grass runway, skidding and breaking the undercarriage.
After a few years outside.
What it looks like today, another bad landing by the looks of things.
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