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Great landing, I don't think James Bond would even attempted that one!
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That is absolutely awesome ! Love the takeoff system :D MATO - Man Assisted Take-Off :D
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Very impressive performance. Could of taken off and landed across the ship! The uses for this system are many, maritime security,observation,photography and possible UAV operations? Very exciting place to be,well done guys!
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I love fly lights! Weight capacity is crap, but it's basically a hollow airplane, so you can do Anything....
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he should be a battlefield player !!
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pretty freaking awesome!
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THE BEST OF ALL THIS <>> THE WATER IS FLAT <>>EARTH IS FLAT <>>> NO CURVATURE on the water !!!!!TO RESEARCH
FLAT EARTH <>WOO HOO -
Filler up fellas and add a cup of Starbucks House coffee.
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Sycamore!
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They were taking it for sea trial to see if could be used as a Canadian aircraft carrier. Canada bought three previously enjoyed British subs that don't work, so it figured it couldn't do any worse in buying this as its first flat-top since the Bonaventure got scrapped in 1967 and made into Hondas.
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Canada next aircraft carrier
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Cool idea, cool vid!!!
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crazy bar steward! but brave :)
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woau!! merchant ship can be an air craft carrier.. amazing!!
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I like the way he waved with the wings
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some people are plain crazy
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GOOD PILOT AMAZING!!!!!!!
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Why you do these things you want to die or something you crazy
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thankful for fast forward and mute......crazy landing and takeoff.
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That was impressive!
And subsequent takeoff from the deck. With footage of six cameras including inside the aircraft. Whilst filming a plane flying close to a cargo ship that already had the nickname "aircraft carrier" due to its unique features, the "just in case something goes wrong" flat area for emergency landings just looks too good, so I cannot restrain myself and get away with landing on the moving ship. The ship was empty and very bow high which is not that visible in the video due to the camera angles, that created annoying low level turbulence and an untidy landing. Tom and Aalbert save the day by courageously helping me to take off, as the deck was slippery with salt spray. I won't do it again unless an aircraft carrier would invite me (please do !). But it worked - thanks to an amazing aircraft, the STOL Aeroprakt Foxbat A22. The ship was sailing at 9 knots speed over ground, the true windspeed was 14 knots, combined just under the full flap stall speed with just myself in the plane and full long range fueltanks. Thanks everyone for the help ! The ship is a 3,500 tonne multipurpose vessel with a total length 93 metres, deck in front of bridge 60 metres x 15 metres. The ship, due to its unique design, has twice the deck space and hold space of conventional ships of the same tonnage. It is designed for volume, not for weight. Oct 13. PS after the ship docked a few days later in Portugal its crew sent footage from more cameras by USB stick - here that video: http://youtu.be/BcQLa_25PkU. That is also better edited than the first video (sorry ... windows live moviemaker now replaced by better editing software plus I whacked the video together in just an hour on the laptop whilst travelling :-)