OH OOF they sent you to land on 27. A pilots worst nightmare when flying to telluride! Because the have to turn around at the end and travel all the way back
Nice work. The CJ4 is a very powerful jet. Did not fly it a lot. Mostly M2 and CJ3+. I flew a CJ4 to Japan recently. Climbs like a rocket. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ABDvNnOs7Aw.htmlsi=4b3N7naUDFP753Ik&t=19 If you have not done already, please subscribe to my aviation channel and turn on notifications, so you will not miss any new videos. I did a subscription to your channel too. Happy Landings, Capt. Guido
Awesome video, thanks for sharing! Would you be okay with me featuring this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description. Thanks!
In VFR CAVU I have trouble thinking of the 27 approach as "challenging", let alone insane. Still this is a beautiful spot and a very pretty approach indeed. Thanks for sharing.
It isn’t. Just another 7,000 foot runway. I flew the 182 there a couple years ago. Clear sky and a light wind from the west. A 182 800 pounds under gross isn’t much of a challenge to land anywhere. Never did see any ski slope police for over flying the ski slopes.😒
Landed there in A100 and B200 King Airs several times back in the late 80s. Back in those days, before all the explosive development, you could come right over Black Bear pass, a long, low-power glide at 140 KIAS and land straight-in if nobody was comin' the other way. Very steep descent but the King Air handled it w/ aplomb. The dip in the middle was MUCH bigger, then, so you had to chase the runway down and be _sure_ to be grounded before the runway started climbing. Always glad to be down, very exciting flying for sure. Followed by a week of skiing or driving / hiking the high country, loved being there. Takeoff in the A100 was like a carrier launch, great initial acceleration followed by lackadaisical climb. B200, lackadaisical acceleration but great climb once you passed the opposite threshold. The dip seemed to be helping acceleration, but once airborne, the runway followed you UP. It was rare to be higher that a couple hundred feet AGL before going off the cliff added a thousand feet (temporarily). Always thought I'd have to fly down the river canyon in a single-engine situation, probably for miles.
I came down Black Bear Pass in my side by side.... That was a thrill too... I may be out in my little ELSA this summer. I will definitely look forward to landing here. This is a towerless airport?
There is nothing "insane" about this landing. It was a standard downwind traffic pattern entry (left traffic), gear down abeam the runway, and a nice turn of (about 20 degrees of bank), with a perfect rollout on runway heading. Nice touchdown too. Perfect VFR with little or no wind. Who labels these videos? It's goofy and misleading to call this insane.
Nice flying, Rich. I have never seen a CJ4 land RW27 ..... not for the faint hearted. Pilots who are not familiar with the airport won't appreciate this video. I have landed at TEX many times on both runways in a Saratoga. Coming in to R27, you have to be very careful to not get near the ski slopes straight ahead of you on the dwnwind or the Telluride police will be meeting you at the terminal. Be careful out there, folks.
