Passenger lands Cessna 208 Caravan
Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 8:28 pm
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flor ... index.html
He didn't even bounce the landing. I'm not sure I could have done it as well.
The Caravan is a nine passenger single engine turbo-prop plane often seen hauling FedEx freight or being used as an Alaskan bush plane, or on huge floats. I got a ride in one with amphibious retractable landing gear once. It was flown by another neighbor who has a business of delivering all kinds of planes all over the world. Nine of us went to a lake west of town. The "landing" was completely uneventful, but the take off seemed to take forever.
One of my neighbors has been referred to as the "father of the Caravan". He's long since retired, in his early 90s. He said the plane is designed to act like a big Cessna 172, with similar flight characteristics and control inputs. I have many hours in C-172s, and hundreds in it's older brother, my Cessna 170. I saw him land serial #3 on our strip, down and stopped in about 900 feet.
He didn't even bounce the landing. I'm not sure I could have done it as well.
The Caravan is a nine passenger single engine turbo-prop plane often seen hauling FedEx freight or being used as an Alaskan bush plane, or on huge floats. I got a ride in one with amphibious retractable landing gear once. It was flown by another neighbor who has a business of delivering all kinds of planes all over the world. Nine of us went to a lake west of town. The "landing" was completely uneventful, but the take off seemed to take forever.
One of my neighbors has been referred to as the "father of the Caravan". He's long since retired, in his early 90s. He said the plane is designed to act like a big Cessna 172, with similar flight characteristics and control inputs. I have many hours in C-172s, and hundreds in it's older brother, my Cessna 170. I saw him land serial #3 on our strip, down and stopped in about 900 feet.