Sunday, November 22, 2020

Re: [4K] Landing on an unpaved runway Air Self-Defense Force C2 transport aircraft UAE export verification test

4 or 5 crash trucks seen

6:50 approx - crash trucks spray grass or dust

8:00 - crash trucks 2 and 7 sneak by

camera man must have been near a school playground lol wild kids

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://youtu.be/QQMKJSyGvdk
>
> fire trucks on standby
>
> 9 minute video - great view of takeoff
>
> On the 12th, the Ministry of Defense conducted the first landing test
> on an unpaved runway with the latest transport aircraft C2 of the Air
> Self-Defense Force at Gifu Air Base (Kakamigahara City, Gifu
> Prefecture). It landed safely and the test seems to have been
> successful.
>
> C2 had removed the "rough terrain takeoff and landing function" that
> takes off and landing on an unpaved runway that is not paved with
> asphalt, etc. from the performance required at the development stage.
> As the C2 export negotiations to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came
> to a close, the UAE asked for confirmation whether it could take off
> and land on an unpaved runway, and a demonstration test was conducted.
> The unpaved runway at Gifu Air Base is a road surface mixed with soil
> and crushed stone, and is as hard as the soil ground.
> At 2:34 pm, C2 took off from the normal runway of Gifu Air Base,
> turned once around the base, then lowered the altitude and entered the
> landing position.
> At 10:40, landed on an unpaved runway while raising dust, and stopped
> at about the middle of the runway two minutes later while maintaining
> the normal attitude of the aircraft.
> It can be said that the successful landing has proved that it has a
> certain leveling takeoff and landing function, and the competition for
> orders from the UAE, which is a single combat with the one made by
> Airbus Europe, has gained momentum. In addition to analyzing the
> collected data, we will also conduct a takeoff test soon after
> investigating whether there are any problems with the aircraft.

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