Can you spot the landing strip in the video? > In a video posted by Vimeo user Leigh, a pilot can be seen making a very tight landing on a 900-foot landing strip in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in the Idaho backcountry — at more than a 5,000-foot elevation. > The video gets a little tense, as the pilot has virtually no margin for error landing amid the tall trees. > The video was gaining widespread attention online Saturday, with commenters on Reddit expressing disbelief at the landing. > “F***y f*** I knew there were wilderness landing strips in Frank Church, but j****,” one wrote. “You would hope they don’t stay there too long or those trees are gonna grow 1 inch higher and they won’t be able to take off.” > Another commenter asked, “Holy s***, is that like, actually some sort of forest airstrip? [O]r did they just land in the middle of the actual forest?” > Another Reddit user responded, “Anywhere can be a landing strip if you’re a bush pilot.” > Landing Simonds strip in the Idaho Backcountry 900 long at 5243 elevation vimeo/99490998
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:34:48 +0000
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