DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
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Re: DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
It was called Metro 66 ,it was to show the capabilities of stol aircraft.
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I think that was a caribou. And the flaps were U/sPointyEngine wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:26 pmThe Buffalo was used during the restoration and recovery of a B-29 that went down some time ago. Here's a link to the Doco, probably the saddest movie out there, will bring a grown man to tears!J31 wrote:How is this for a short landing.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVh8BQeFt9c&NR=1
I think this was the B-29 recovery that went wrong in Greenland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
Re: DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
Daryl greenmayer was a childhood hero I read the book about the recovery and thought what an @sshat
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Re: DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
FWIW:The Buffalo was used during the restoration and recovery of a B-29 that went down some time ago. Here's a link to the Doco, probably the saddest movie out there, will bring a grown man to tears!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
While the Youtube video is gone already, I assume that was "B-29 Frozen in Time", shown on NOVA many years ago. Still available elsewhere on Youtube at 240p. Also available on the high seas world of torrents at higher resolution.
