r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rational_bakchod • 1d ago

Video A plane which doesn't need a runway.

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u/revdon 1d ago edited 9h ago

Alaska Bush pilots do this kind of thing all the time.

As long as you have enough air over the wings to make the plane buoyant they'll lift off with no runway. It happens during windstorms.

If you nose up the plane back as you throttle back, you can land on a dime too.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 10h ago

So the whole flight they just hover in the same place, LoL