This guy had some clankers: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7599338
Pretty straightforward pinnacle landing, really. I think the angle makes it look like the rocks are closer than they are.
Having helped put an aircraft onto a heaving, pitching & rolling LPH steaming along at 20kts in the middle of the Sea of Japan, I can say that I MUCH prefer a good pinnacle landing to a deck landing. The pinnacle ain't goin' nowhere.
That guy clearly has both kinds of landings in his logbook.
It was a pretty good text book Pinnacle. Nice job. Saved some SAR ground pounders and victims a long walk.
Quote from: Flying Pig on September 01, 2009, 03:27:31 PM
It was a pretty good text book Pinnacle. Nice job. Saved some SAR ground pounders and victims a long walk.
All very true.
However, I think the female anchor was a little over the top in her assessment.
She usually is with most stories. ;D
Actually, the pinnacles are not so tough, it's the treacherous winds around some of the pinnacles that really mess with a pilot. This one looks like it could have had some of the bad winds.