Cessna 185 | Taking off and Landing on a Muddy Jungle Airstrip 

I had a former NTM flyer instruct me in the 185. He was truly a master at his craft and an excellent teacher.

I'm a 5.5K hour pilot form cloud covered Ballarat Victoria Australia, so take it from someone who know..... your got big balls man .... You rock !

Reminds me a lot of the series "Where not to be a pilot" in Indonesia. Really cool footage and great flying!

Awesome flying!

Creativity is not something I thought would be required in bush flying. Being wrong could have major consequences! Thanks for all you do out there!

Fantastic Video bbpruett, you make difficult flying look easy. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. May God continue to be your co-pilot.

WHAT AN AMAZING FLYING SKILLS 😊

That was some gutsy flying sir,that mud bath and tail wheel shimmying just some of the dangers,many thanks for this insight into your daily work.

That is so neat , i learnt in an 1954 c.170. When i first flew an 185 , absolutely loved the grunt. I would love to spend time sitting in the right hand seat while you flew into these places.

Great work. I used to deliver C180's, 185's and 188's from Wichita to all over. I miss that fun job.

Bold method had found your video. Let's the views skyrocket!

Came from the IH8mud forums. Nice flying and thanks for the Prado weight data.

Great pilot skills and very hard work went on to make this video look great , thanks for the video .

Solid flying mate

Been to this one in the Helio too! Airdropped supplies at the village across the river for months until the airstrip was ready for service.

Amazing video!

Not too much room for error. Very well done.

It's my dream to fly over a tropical jungle at dawn...

And to think I ever used to say trapping on the boat was hard. Those are some damn hard looking approaches.

Legal esse vídeo a visão em geral, só um lugar de difícil acesso.

Yeah they are in the RP. You're correct that they are 100% visual, no flight plans, no nav aids etc. It's old school VFR. Because we're in the mountains and usually well below the terrain we don't go IMC enroute or on approach. Staying VFR in deteriorating tropical weather is by far the most challenging part of the flights. It takes some pretty good knowledge of the terrain, weather patterns and experience flying clear of clouds. It's a lot of fun but gets stressful at times.

Wow amazing,from indonesia

Awesome ,consistent flying... made possible by CESSNA /Continental and McCauley...!!!

It's a standard IO-520 with a three blade prop (not the 86" Black Mac). So standard in the power department. We have the Robertson drooping aileron STC, a Sportsman leading edge, ART wing tip extensions and VGs on the wings.

Impresionante el riesgo de experimentar un paro de motor. Felicidades al piloto!!

To applaud the pilots who land there, there are lots of guts, risk their lives.

I used to do that in the Central African Republic and on takeoff I prayed my engine did not even skip a beat...!!! I did 50 hr inspections every 25 hrs and 100 hr inspections every 50 hrs... on the engine,not airframe... it got its usual...!!!

Awesome Brian! MOst interesting takeoff/landing sequence I have seen. What was the optical illusion from?

Skillful flying,that mud is no joke to handle as for the weather,how do you even find these airstrips ?

@dondycluck We use GPS supported by sectionals and knowledge of the area. A new pilot is required to do a thorough checkout before he can fly here. It's often in marginal weather in the mountains so you have to always know where you are (especially if the GPS fails) and how you can get yourself out of it if the need arises.

Thanks.

Great bushflying vídeo. Thanks. As far as I understand, you work - or have been working - in Philippines for NTM (News Tribes Mission). Am I correct? Where has this video been shot, exactly? Do you fly only Cessna 185 or NTM fleet includes other aircrafts?

impressive

Insane

genia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This awesome. Hey, upload some stick movements.

Top...

nice

@axs12345 I couldn't agree more about the benefits of big tires. The bottom line is that we don't have the money to do it just yet, but it's on the list of mods to add. It will save money in the long run too cause of less shock at the gear attach points. Trust me, the day I can put bigger tires on, I will. For now, the tires digging into the mud on landing actually helps get the plane stopped, and soft field takeoff technique keeps it floating just enough for a good takeoff.

They are tough indeed, but at least they aren't moving.

Crazy

Looks like typicsl MAF landing. Front gear only. Thats how you do it!

Also wondering if you have ever been caught in IMC while flying those approaches.

@kenjordans As you approach and fly past/over the ridges, your actual height above the ground is always changing. Sometimes you are 2000' above ground, sometimes 10.' However, the height you are concerned about is only the height above the touchdown zone. In addition to all that, the first half of the runway is significantly downhill so a normal approach looks like you're too low when in fact you're angle is right on. You have to use creative cues to help overcome the illusions.

After talking about this video with some guys in my squadron we were curious about your flights. This looks to be somewhere in southeast Asia, I'm guessing the Philippines. Do you file flight plans at all? How are the approaches flown? GPS? Sectionals? 100% visually? There can't be any nav aids in such remote places like that.

very Rangerios.....

1:29 that short engine cho.. wtf

Nice, almost touch belly, if it was a 2 blade prop, it would be worst ah?

Is the plane a standard 185, or do you have a more powerful engine installed?

Can you share the location of this strip?

what s the name of the airstrip? wanna do this in msfs 2020

I’d have a SIGNAL GENERATOR installed on that air station so I could navigate through all that nasty cloud stuff...!!!

Should install that ALASKAN EXTRA WIDE TUNDRA TAIL WHEEL...!!!

Very well done! Good old Continentals, as long as they're not GTSIO520Ms.

Could you please state the exact location if possible ?? Thanks :)

AL pie de la butaca..!!!

I see Wing-X extensions.

Lotsa fl-un ;)

why dont you get bigger weels like they use in alaska they float better on the mud and you get more lift under wing in take off meaning you can take off in shorter fields and land in shorter fields but nice terrain and good flying

What tribe? Looks familiar. Can PM me if there would be a problem with saying names. :)

Of course $1000 would help! We're a non-profit organization that operates off of donations so ultimately the funds would need to come from donors. We are trying to save money for mods out of our flight hour billing, but it's a bit slow going.

Are you a Pliot/Engineer?

post more videos soon!!

Jesus... I half expected to see a pterodactyl fly across in front of him after he took off.

are you from maf

how can i dolnate

Did the wheel bend at 4:20?

I hope you keep your insurance paid up..! Be safe up there.

No tail wheel deserves this kind of abuse.😝

That’s a short airstrip

You can get a 310 in there no problem...🤣🤣🤣🤣

will 1000 dollars help

Draw near to The Lord and He will draw near to you. Don't think my Cherokee 140 could do that. There are easier ways to get close to God (:)).

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WHAT AN AMAZING FLYING SKILLS 😊