Amazing 18 Second Video: How To Land In 90 Feet!

Kiwi pilot extraordinaire Deane Philip shows how it’s done.

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Key Takeaways:

  • New Zealander Deane Philip, an experienced and skilled backcountry pilot, demonstrates an exceptionally short, maximum-performance landing in an 18-second video.
  • The impressive landing roll was estimated at approximately 80 feet, with Philip crediting his Alaska Bush Wheels for the performance.
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In this amazing, 18-second long video, New Zealander Deane Philip shows how to land it as short as possible! he gives thanks to his Alaska Bush Wheels, by the way, too. This is a maximum performance demonstration done by an experienced and skilled backcountry pilot. And it is worth watching again and again. Ah, heck. Just put it on repeat! It’s poetry in motion. Oh, and we didn’t actually measure out the landing roll. It might have been 80 feet.

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