Yes those things are really cool. Planes with really short takeoffs and landings are known as STOL. Here is a Super Club only needing 20 feet for takeoff and landing.
It's amazing! I've never seen prop engine planes take off and land in such short distances!
I'd need a whole case of puke bags if I was in any of those, that and adult diapers.... Better throw in a bunch of pine tree air fresheners too. 
The 10 foot landing and take-off had a good(!) headwind working for him though.
The F22 is just raw power at its finest. I'd bring a garbage bag, not a box of barf bags, if I could get a ride like that on one of those!
I saw a demonstration of the C130 at McGuire AFB, years ago. 1/4 mile landing, full weight, 1/4 mile take--off, full weight. For take-off they kept the brakes locked until everything was at full throttle and RPM, the whole plane was visibly trembling, then as soon as they released the brakes they fired JATOs on each side. Can't remember if it was three or four on each side. Totally amazing that anything that big and heavy can get off the ground in that small of a space.
They followed that up with an A-10 Wart Hog doing a lot of low level stuff that I wouldn't think about doing even at altitude. Another amazing piece of engineering, and raw nerve.
The F22 is just raw power at its finest. I'd bring a garbage bag, not a box of barf bags, if I could get a ride like that on one of those!
I saw a demonstration of the C130 at McGuire AFB, years ago. 1/4 mile landing, full weight, 1/4 mile take--off, full weight. For take-off they kept the brakes locked until everything was at full throttle and RPM, the whole plane was visibly trembling, then as soon as they released the brakes they fired JATOs on each side. Can't remember if it was three or four on each side. Totally amazing that anything that big and heavy can get off the ground in that small of a space.
They followed that up with an A-10 Wart Hog doing a lot of low level stuff that I wouldn't think about doing even at altitude. Another amazing piece of engineering, and raw nerve.
Yeah, yeah, "In thrust we trust!" But what happens when there's no thrust? Here's an F16 doing a dead-stick landing:
Good job!
Of course, every pilot has practiced dead-stick landings. But how many can say they've done a dead-stick take-off?
I don't think I'd need a barf bag for a dead stick in an F-16. Maybe Depends would be a good idea though.
Did you notice his breathing on short final?
I wonder if he didn't have second thoughts, like, "Why, oh why didn't I just point this thing toward the water and punch out?"
Don't feel bad. I did the exact same thing this morning.guess i got sidetracked earlier AND i slept in till 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it normal for the DNA75C to forget the time and date while swapping batteries while the DNA250C will remember?
I had another sleepless night, no sleep at all. It will catch up to me before the day ends, nap then early to bed tonight, hopefully. Got to pick up a script of a steroid medipack today, hoping that will get the spine back to "normal for me", been giving me fits the last week and hasn't corrected itself on it's own, these roid's usually do the trick.
No C's here but I think if your fast enough it works, or too slow and both forget.
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