I was there in 1980 and the runway was just grass, not dirt. Cows used to graze there. When airplanes were approaching, the Sherpas would just move them off.
I landed here twice in 1992, very much pre tarmac, the landing threw up a shower of stones that hit the plane, and sent a cloud of dust over Lukla, there were bits of planes stacked at the side of the strip. Waited here 3 days to fly out, one aborted take off, one take off followed by a quick turn round and landed again at Lukla, and finally a clear run out to Kathmandu. Amazing experience on the old dirtstrip. I have been since on the tarmac strip,still great fun, but thanks for the only video I have seen of the old strip.
Yes we all rushed on board the pilot started the engines and rolled out to the top of the slope, engines revved to full we started to move, but not very far and then the pilots called it off and we all got off. The weather was bad, and they need visual to clear a ridge. 4 hrs later we had another go,nearly dark and snowing, and this time got airborne, but the pilots could not get enough visual to clear the ridge, we did a big circuit and relanded at Lukla. 2 days later the weather cleared enough for a 3rd attempt, this time all went well and 30 mins later we were in Kathmandu. I have been a few more times and the tarmac runway is much easier.
I flew out of here after a 3 day wait camping next to the runway back in '94. During the takeoff roll, we observed a couple of kids and their billy cart and dog racing down the runway beside us out the right window. I'll never forget those stall indicators after we dropped off the end - redefines 'rotation'! Thanks for the vid - still as exciting to watch now in 2019! Cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave
Looking at recent videos of Lukla and you can see how developed the area is. A Control tower recently built as well as buildings surrounding the airport. The tarmac is as recent as 2001.
It should be earlier than 2001. There's a saying that the lukla airport had update the runway to concrete in 2001. The pilots who fly lukla are absolutely the best pilots in the world.
+klsar1 There are more difficult spots that Lukla.. Lukla is rather big, Do228 and Twotters are mainly flying. When it comes to strips where only a Porter can operate things get interesting.
@@klsar1 Irrespective of how experienced the pilot is, they must go through the tough training before they are assigned to fly to Lukla. There is no second chance go back or if you change your mind once you start descending. You have tall mountains in the front, tall mountains to your left, right, everywhere except above and you can't go up vertically at that time and plane can't do that except USA F-35. lolz
I flew in and out of Lukla in early 70s. The strip was still dirt. No room for error. Pilot delighted in pointing out the dead aircraft littering the valley far below the airport. Wonderful part of the world!
I remember seeing the remains of crashed aircraft in the valley. Seeing this made it very scary taking off, especially when we dropped a bit off the runway before climbing. I was there in 1983.
I've been in and out of Lukla a few times. Always exciting. The last time I was very ill, with pneumonia and had to get to get out of there. No ticket,no problem. My buddy and I gave the guy on the gate approx. $10, walked out and got on a Seti Airways twin otter. 45 minutes later we were in Kathmandu.
Actually how Lukla get it's supplies like construction materials, etc. Is there any road to Lukla ? How long it take to reach Lukla by road ( if there is a road). Cheers
I ama first officer at tara airlines in Nepal and I fly Twin otters plane twice a day to lukla and it's so difficult to land there I can assure you that 😀😀
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a bit of history: The airport was built in 1964 under the supervision of Edmund Hillary, who originally intended to build the airport on flat farmlands. However, local farmers did not want to give up their land, so the airport was built at its current position. Hillary bought the land from local Sherpas for US$2,650 and involved them in building the facilities. It has been said that Hillary was unhappy with the runway's soil resistance, and that his solution was to buy local liquor 😂🤣 for the Sherpas and ask them to perform a foot-stomping dance to flatten the land that served as the runway. The runway was not paved until 2001
I flew to Juphal in the Dolpo region of north western Nepal in 2008 which had a dirt airstrip, and probably still is. It was quite an experience. The two pilots looked hardly old enough to shave.
I flew out in 1982 when the runway was an unpaved yak pasture. They sounded an alarm as the plane approached and the herders drove the yaks off the runway. Often times the ground was too muddy from melted snow or rain to land or take off. The airport was sometimes closed for days or even weeks. Trekkers had to hike out during these times. It took about 10 days or so of difficult hiking to get to Kathmandu, but if you had a flight out of the country on a certain date, you had no choice.
I had my flight out from Katmandu.. I had allowed a week for delays. If I had known what was about to happen I would have walked on that very first day and made my flight in time. The fog lasted for ten days. Missed my connecting flight and began a bit of a nightmare journey home.
Amazing to look at this film then and see the airport today. Makes me wonder about all the work and How they paved a runway in such a remote location, in retrospect.
He meant: How did they get the materials up to this town? There are no roads. (Perhaps they just used local rocks & pounded them to stone. Add tar. Done.)
@@electrictroy2010 I flew in in MarcH of 2001 by chopper and that's EXACTLY what they were doing. The tar was being carried in buckets and pored over the broken rocks. The recent photos make it look like a smooth asphalt surface so maybe that was done later in 2001 or since.
I flew out of there in March, 1979 after spending a month on the Everest trek. (to Kala Pattar). Grass runway, only a few buildings. Watching the mountains hovering over the clouds on the right after take-off , and then disappearing as we descended through them, was a very emotional experience, as I knew I had just had ended the adventure of my life Take-off at Lukla isn't that big a deal---if you hit V1. Lots of airports end in a drop-off. But landings? Yikes! (My worsts were Tegucigalpa and the old Hong Kong Kai-tak.)
Absolutely amazing archaic film. Are there any photos showing the construction of Lukla. I know sir Edmont Hillary was involve with the build of the airport.
I can only speak for what was going on in March 2001 when I flew in by chopper. They were breaking local rocks with a powered breaker (as I recall), spreading the rocks by hand and they were hand pouring buckets of hot tar over it, No construction equipmebht
In theory, the friction cause by the rough surface of dirt could potentially cause the planes to landing in a shorter distance compared to the asphalt.....right?
Where were this clips shot, from the top of Everest? (And not even with zoom lens.) We know how dangerous the airport is and why, but we quit at 1:23 -- didn't like the duck quacking in the background! We can see the Himalayas better on Google Earth!
This video was taken before the surfacing of the RWY. Can you tell us what year you took this footage, please? This place has been home to us many times and I always tell those who think about going to remember that there are NO promises when flying anywhere in Nepal and LUKLA is the top of the list!! Great Job! Thanks!
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Nothing more adventurous than landing at Lukla Airstrip & starting the Classic Everest Base Camp . Was there twice 2001 & 2002 . But this dirt airstrip has to be pre 1995 as per my knowledge . Anyways the best airstrip.
In March of 2001 they were laying rocks and pouring buckets of tar over it. Had started within the last year I think. I flew in on a chopper from Phaplu; they were landing in the parking area.
What model of DeHavilland Twin Otter is that? It has a square vertical stabilizer with a leading edge fin that I have never seen on a Twin Otter. Must have been an early variant.
The RAAF operated Caribou’s in New Guinea.The Caribou is a big brother of the Twin Otter.I have seen video of some of the strips they flew into they were absolutely nuts. So yes pilots do operate into wild airstrips all around the world. Canada is evidently wild too.Yes this strip is really hairy. The approach is formidable a few metres too high or low &;you are in trouble.
I think you must mean the one above Namche, near Kumjung . My girlfriend, who had destroyed her knees by...NOT LISTENING TO ME...flew out of there in February 1979 on a Pilatus Porter. (She could go uphill, but not down, afflicted with "sahib's knee"). I went on to Everest. This may be hard to believe, but when I came back from Kala Pattar to Lobuche, I took ONE day to get all the way back to Namche, then another day to Lukla. 40-50 miles of high-altitude trekking in two days. I was really fit, but boy! was I starving!
It is a Harbin Y-12 D for Nepal Airways. The Aircraft Must be 9N-ACD the first Privately Registered Aircraft for a Private airline in Nepal. This Video Must have been taken in between 1992 AD- 1996 AD.
Yeah this ain't no Twotter ! Its a Harbin-Shenyang 12, a Chinese Design. Somewhat like a Twotter and the Video is low res. When I was there in 1998 the only Harbin-Shenyang 12 they had was derelict with no engines and the Twotters were doing all the flying there. The Dornier 228 has no Wingstruts and retractable gear! Regards from Alaska!
hmm I think that is a Harbin Y-12 landing and taking off but that first aircraft landing seen from a distant might be a DHC-6 Twin otter :) anyways great video thank yhou for posting it :)
Um aeroporto, de aproximação e pouso complicado,onde operam pilotos treinados e especializados para esta pista. Existe um outro aeroporto nos Alpes Suíços que a pista é de tamanho padrão, mas o tráfego de aproximação e saída é nos vales das montanhas se não conhece não entra e também não sai, também são Pilotos especializados para aquela pista onde operam aeronaves de grande porte. Obs. Não sei o nome do aeroporto nem a localidade.
Its runway had not been asphalted at this time. Incredible. Landing was OK, but I think a plane couldn't get enough velocity to take off on the bare ground.
Where did they find enough asphalt in lukla to pave this runway? ...And the equipment to do the same..... There are not even any roads or cars in this village!
When I was there in 2001 the work was all being done by hand. Used a machine to break local rocks, carried buckets of tar to pour over it. Perhaps later in 2001 they got other equipment in to put a finished layer on top.
There should be some advanced navgation system add to this airport or aircrafts fly to this airport. Such as RNP and GPS landing system. In case of low visibility it is really difficult to operate.
One airport in new Guinea is worse than this you fly up a narrow valley the 45 degree grass airstrip is at right angle to your flight path and about 300 mtrs long. The plane turns sharply right no sooner are the wing level you are landing. Taking off down the hill virtually as soon as you take off the plane banks hard left we were in a Pilatus Porter nothing much bigger can land here
Ah yes. But Lukla is in the fog layer. And yes you do have the turn just before landing. ( or after take off ). It is the only runway I know where the lower retaining wall was made out of crashed planes. Of course you do have to add earthquakes and ice to the mix. But what is life without a little excitement.
How did the tarmac get where? Surly they didn't take it up there on the back off doncky lol But still you can't get tones of tarmac in a DHC-6 can you?
Archie Scriven Someone told me that they helicoptered loads up from a batch plant that was set up at a lower elevation , I don't know if that is true or not but it sounds believable , they got it up there somehow.
Well the aircraft carrier can move. Which might be tricky. On the other hand you don't normally have to avoid 20000 foot high hills on the approach to the carrier. And you do have ejector seats on the planes which do land. And deck arrestor gear too. So a bit of a toss up.
I was there in 1980 and the runway was just grass, not dirt. Cows used to graze there. When airplanes were approaching, the Sherpas would just move them off.
Wow really. Thanks for the info, man.
Its a garcharan area
my God the epic period of the patatoes field as runway... when the think about...
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I landed here twice in 1992, very much pre tarmac, the landing threw up a shower of stones that hit the plane, and sent a cloud of dust over Lukla, there were bits of planes stacked at the side of the strip.
Waited here 3 days to fly out, one aborted take off, one take off followed by a quick turn round and landed again at Lukla, and finally a clear run out to Kathmandu.
Amazing experience on the old dirtstrip. I have been since on the tarmac strip,still great fun, but thanks for the only video I have seen of the old strip.
wow an aborted take off on that runway! that's got to have a pucker factor to it!
as much as I would love to be there, there is no way would I put a foot into one of these planes to fly there. I would rather hike there.
aborted take off? At the lukla? seriously? how far off the runway did the "abort" begin?
Yes we all rushed on board the pilot started the engines and rolled out to the top of the slope, engines revved to full we started to move, but not very far and then the pilots called it off and we all got off. The weather was bad, and they need visual to clear a ridge.
4 hrs later we had another go,nearly dark and snowing, and this time got airborne, but the pilots could not get enough visual to clear the ridge, we did a big circuit and relanded at Lukla.
2 days later the weather cleared enough for a 3rd attempt, this time all went well and 30 mins later we were in Kathmandu.
I have been a few more times and the tarmac runway is much easier.
Aborted takeoff? V1's when you start moving pretty much
I flew out of here after a 3 day wait camping next to the runway back in '94. During the takeoff roll, we observed a couple of kids and their billy cart and dog racing down the runway beside us out the right window. I'll never forget those stall indicators after we dropped off the end - redefines 'rotation'! Thanks for the vid - still as exciting to watch now in 2019! Cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave
Looking at recent videos of Lukla and you can see how developed the area is. A Control tower recently built as well as buildings surrounding the airport. The tarmac is as recent as 2001.
Everest has become busy with 1000s of people. This airport is where they arrive. So it needed to be upgraded to handle the higher demand
It should be earlier than 2001. There's a saying that the lukla airport had update the runway to concrete in 2001. The pilots who fly lukla are absolutely the best pilots in the world.
frank simon Not sure whether they're the best, but definitely the bravest, every flight take-off is a suicide mission.
+klsar1 There are more difficult spots that Lukla.. Lukla is rather big, Do228 and Twotters are mainly flying. When it comes to strips where only a Porter can operate things get interesting.
Hard up for a job to fly there.
When i trekked there in late 2000, they were working on the paving.
@@klsar1 Irrespective of how experienced the pilot is, they must go through the tough training before they are assigned to fly to Lukla. There is no second chance go back or if you change your mind once you start descending. You have tall mountains in the front, tall mountains to your left, right, everywhere except above and you can't go up vertically at that time and plane can't do that except USA F-35. lolz
I flew in and out of Lukla in early 70s. The strip was still dirt. No room for error. Pilot delighted in pointing out the dead aircraft littering the valley far below the airport. Wonderful part of the world!
You would have enjoyed the aircraft carcasses at the end of the pitiful runway at the edge of Jomosom back then.
What was it like to be there in the 70s .Plz share your experience. Would love to hear it.
I remember seeing the remains of crashed aircraft in the valley. Seeing this made it very scary taking off, especially when we dropped a bit off the runway before climbing. I was there in 1983.
I've been in and out of Lukla a few times. Always exciting. The last time I was very ill, with pneumonia and had to get to get out of there. No ticket,no problem. My buddy and I gave the guy on the gate approx. $10, walked out and got on a Seti Airways twin otter. 45 minutes later we were in Kathmandu.
Reminds me of my youth. I landed there in 1981. Spectacular !
must have been quite a time! Do share more about it!
I cannot say you exact date of the video but it's certainly before 1999. May be during Visit Nepal Year.
macoooy my dear sir I was born in 1981 🤗
Please tell us more as to how you came to be at Lukla during your youth, as you said. It would be very interesting to know more.
Actually how Lukla get it's supplies like construction materials, etc. Is there any road to Lukla ? How long it take to reach Lukla by road ( if there is a road). Cheers
I ama first officer at tara airlines in Nepal and I fly Twin otters plane twice a day to lukla and it's so difficult to land there I can assure you that 😀😀
Difficult but still easier than doing the same on flight simulator.
Did you mean harder? flight sim is just a piece of cake when you've studied tech manual. th-cam.com/video/fyhqj-2Mz80/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/_eK7ZQ6wgOg/w-d-xo.html
As a former RAF pilot with about 4,000 hours flying time. I take my hat off to you, Aashish.
I am a flight simmer, and I have about 300 flying hours in the 737-800, and I take my hat off to you for your amazing work.
No doubt but i'd love to land there.
Lukla with Tarmac: Holy sh*t that’s dangerous
Lukla without Tarmac:
ItsJamMan hell
ItsJamMan, This picture is from eighties, why don’t you check the latest one !
Ang Sherpa I guess you didn’t understand the comment.
ItsJamMan, material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of crushed rock mixed with tar???
Ang Sherpa Yea thats what tarmac is, why?
This Lukla Airpot almost nearly morethen 45 years but this pic not 7 years before I mean about it was 25/6 years,
a bit of history: The airport was built in 1964 under the supervision of Edmund Hillary, who originally intended to build the airport on flat farmlands. However, local farmers did not want to give up their land, so the airport was built at its current position. Hillary bought the land from local Sherpas for US$2,650 and involved them in building the facilities. It has been said that Hillary was unhappy with the runway's soil resistance, and that his solution was to buy local liquor 😂🤣 for the Sherpas and ask them to perform a foot-stomping dance to flatten the land that served as the runway. The runway was not paved until 2001
I flew into this airport several times before this runway was paved. You think this is a bad runway, you should try flying into Dolpa.
I couldnt agree more though I used to fly these but dolpa is really scary worst on a hot day.
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I flew to Juphal in the Dolpo region of north western Nepal in 2008 which had a dirt airstrip, and probably still is. It was quite an experience. The two pilots looked hardly old enough to shave.
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It was paved in 2001. I was trekking there and had to chopper in because it was under construction at the time.
It's not a Twin Otter, it's a Harbin Y-12.
I would love to see a Harbin Y12 (I believe that's what the aircraft is) brilliant video!
I thought it was a Nord 262, not sure tho
The Harbin Y12 was just brought in 2014 here in Nepal
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I flew out in 1982 when the runway was an unpaved yak pasture. They sounded an alarm as the plane approached and the herders drove the yaks off the runway. Often times the ground was too muddy from melted snow or rain to land or take off. The airport was sometimes closed for days or even weeks. Trekkers had to hike out during these times. It took about 10 days or so of difficult hiking to get to Kathmandu, but if you had a flight out of the country on a certain date, you had no choice.
I had my flight out from Katmandu.. I had allowed a week for delays. If I had known what was about to happen I would have walked on that very first day and made my flight in time. The fog lasted for ten days. Missed my connecting flight and began a bit of a nightmare journey home.
Amazing to look at this film then and see the airport today. Makes me wonder about all the work and How they paved a runway in such a remote location, in retrospect.
Same way like they pave roads and build houses -.-
He meant: How did they get the materials up to this town? There are no roads. (Perhaps they just used local rocks & pounded them to stone. Add tar. Done.)
@@electrictroy2010 I flew in in MarcH of 2001 by chopper and that's EXACTLY what they were doing. The tar was being carried in buckets and pored over the broken rocks. The recent photos make it look like a smooth asphalt surface so maybe that was done later in 2001 or since.
Thank You for pre-concrete runway video... The airport has changed since but not the airplane type.
Excellent footage of the pre-tarmac period. Thx
Its Old video, now there aspfalt road and more houses
I flew out of there in March, 1979 after spending a month on the Everest trek. (to Kala Pattar). Grass runway, only a few buildings. Watching the mountains hovering over the clouds on the right after take-off , and then disappearing as we descended through them, was a very emotional experience, as I knew I had just had ended the adventure of my life
Take-off at Lukla isn't that big a deal---if you hit V1. Lots of airports end in a drop-off. But landings? Yikes! (My worsts were Tegucigalpa and the old Hong Kong Kai-tak.)
which plane first landed here..???
One way track take off...Kamikaze Pilot test
Pretty cool how the shape of this airport worked out. Form and function.
In which year was this video taken?
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A couple of valiums and a shot! Thanks for the video! Love the world and the people in it!
I landed here in 1982. There are less houses and the plane was Pilatus
8years ago.no this airport already pitches. Maybe this video very old.
For God sake , , how come this channel didn’t even feel the need to mention the year of recording. Precious vdo anyway.
Absolutely amazing archaic film. Are there any photos showing the construction of Lukla. I know sir Edmont Hillary was involve with the build of the airport.
Is there plane service to Namche bazar? There is an air runway strip I believe??
Doesn't look like Lukla. How many years ago was this, before paved runway, before the buildings, before the rock wall at the end of the runway...
How did they get all the materials & machinery needed to build a tarmac runway up there ?
I can only speak for what was going on in March 2001 when I flew in by chopper. They were breaking local rocks with a powered breaker (as I recall), spreading the rocks by hand and they were hand pouring buckets of hot tar over it, No construction equipmebht
Meaning a lot of building and many other materials are brought in by air over the years?
In theory, the friction cause by the rough surface of dirt could potentially cause the planes to landing in a shorter distance compared to the asphalt.....right?
Where were this clips shot, from the top of Everest? (And not even with zoom lens.) We know how dangerous the airport is and why, but we quit at 1:23 -- didn't like the duck quacking in the background! We can see the Himalayas better on Google Earth!
This is Not a DHC-6 Twin Otter but a Chinese built Harbin Y-12 aircraft !
When was this? I know that the strip is paved now. Crazy that it was dirt at one point.
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This video was taken before the surfacing of the RWY. Can you tell us what year you took this footage, please? This place has been home to us many times and I always tell those who think about going to remember that there are NO promises when flying anywhere in Nepal and LUKLA is the top of the list!! Great Job! Thanks!
what is the airplane name?
Before it was paved? Impressive.
obviously
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Hoje em dia este aeroporto está completamente modernizado!! Nem parece o mesmo!
Weird plane. First impressions were a twin otter but its not. Someone said Dornier but it doesnt look like any dornier ive seen. strange!
Harbin Y-12 II
Aashik Pokhrel Chinese knock off of DH6.
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Wow, the Lukia Airport looks so much different today! All that tourist money though!
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When was this shot? Never seen Lukla as a dirt strip. That’s not a twin Otter either.
That's Harbin-12
Is their any film showing the runway being. Built.
Oups! Landing and taking of in Lukla is very special on asphalt runvay. But before on dust-grass runway it was awful.
Woww old video, but now may buildings around the runway.. Love from indonesia
Wow this must be from 1980s no runway at all its just dirt pretty much look like 1964 style
Nothing more adventurous than landing at Lukla Airstrip & starting the Classic Everest Base Camp .
Was there twice 2001 & 2002 .
But this dirt airstrip has to be pre 1995 as per my knowledge .
Anyways the best airstrip.
In March of 2001 they were laying rocks and pouring buckets of tar over it. Had started within the last year I think. I flew in on a chopper from Phaplu; they were landing in the parking area.
Awesome. guys.. wish we had a good camera those days.
What model of DeHavilland Twin Otter is that? It has a square vertical stabilizer with a leading edge fin that I have never seen on a Twin Otter. Must have been an early variant.
Nah its definately not a twin otter..
dornier...prob a 228
This video seems pretty old. When it was shot?
This must be a very old, old video.. because this airport is modern now it has terminal and pavement!
This is really old.... What year was this.
Thax to the pioneers of then that have brought this airport to it's better present, it has come along way.
The RAAF operated Caribou’s in New Guinea.The Caribou is a big brother of the Twin Otter.I have seen video of some of the strips they flew into they were absolutely nuts. So yes pilots do operate into wild airstrips all around the world. Canada is evidently wild too.Yes this strip is really hairy. The approach is formidable a few metres too high or low &;you are in trouble.
I've been there in 2011 and was stranded for 1 week due to mist . There's a runway @ Namche Bazaar such as this one , though narrower and shorter .
I think you must mean the one above Namche, near Kumjung . My girlfriend, who had destroyed her knees by...NOT LISTENING TO ME...flew out of there in February 1979 on a Pilatus Porter. (She could go uphill, but not down, afflicted with "sahib's knee"). I went on to Everest.
This may be hard to believe, but when I came back from Kala Pattar to Lobuche, I took ONE day to get all the way back to Namche, then another day to Lukla. 40-50 miles of high-altitude trekking in two days. I was really fit, but boy! was I starving!
It is a Harbin Y-12 D for Nepal Airways. The Aircraft Must be 9N-ACD the first Privately Registered Aircraft for a Private airline in Nepal. This Video Must have been taken in between 1992 AD- 1996 AD.
did we fly Harbin (isnt it chinese) back then too?
Es un video antiguo. La pista ahora está pavimentada.
sim, deve ser de 1970 esta filmagem
E por todo esses anos a não conseguiram colocar uma câmera na pico ali, fim/começo da pista
kasto yearpot pani pich nagareko tyaktar hinne bato jasto yearpotma pilen basakoxn yr??
What year did Lukla pave their runway?? And by the way, nothing at an airport is called a TARMAC. Just one of my peeves.
2001
@@koreareels5869 Thanks. Uh, nice pic!
The runway was not paved until 2001.[6]
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TH-cam's a bit late on this by 8 years
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Yeah this ain't no Twotter ! Its a Harbin-Shenyang 12, a Chinese Design. Somewhat like a Twotter and the Video is low res.
When I was there in 1998 the only Harbin-Shenyang 12 they had was derelict with no engines and the Twotters were doing all the flying there. The Dornier 228 has no Wingstruts and retractable gear! Regards from Alaska!
Someone beat me to it! I knew that wasnt a DHC6, just didn't look right. But I couldnt put my finger on what it actually was.
Was this recommended because you watch FS2020 videos?
I don't know man, but same thought.
hmm I think that is a Harbin Y-12 landing and taking off but that first aircraft landing seen from a distant might be a DHC-6 Twin otter :) anyways great video thank yhou for posting it :)
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Um aeroporto, de aproximação e pouso complicado,onde operam pilotos treinados e especializados para esta pista.
Existe um outro aeroporto nos Alpes Suíços que a pista é de tamanho padrão, mas o tráfego de aproximação e saída é nos vales das montanhas se não conhece não entra e também não sai, também são Pilotos especializados para aquela pista onde operam aeronaves de grande porte.
Obs. Não sei o nome do aeroporto nem a localidade.
Its runway had not been asphalted at this time. Incredible. Landing was OK, but I think a plane couldn't get enough velocity to take off on the bare ground.
Where did they find enough asphalt in lukla to pave this runway? ...And the equipment to do the same..... There are not even any roads or cars in this village!
big-ass-choppers
When I was there in 2001 the work was all being done by hand. Used a machine to break local rocks, carried buckets of tar to pour over it. Perhaps later in 2001 they got other equipment in to put a finished layer on top.
When this video was shot.
What timeframe is this video from
Omg still now it looks so dangerous before it didnt even have roads . Nepal pilots are amazing
Как жалко !
Такое красивое место , а полоса грунтовая ! 😏
Летчики молодцы ! 👍
Its paved now.
There should be some advanced navgation system add to this airport or aircrafts fly to this airport. Such as RNP and GPS landing system. In case of low visibility it is really difficult to operate.
frank simon There is no any navigation system in this airport....
Which year would this be? I would say like early 1980s?
MrYeti1963 J took it in 1992,it was like that too !!
what year is this?
Looks like it's been paved since this video clip was taken
Still dont get it, why DH6?
One airport in new Guinea is worse than this you fly up a narrow valley the 45 degree grass airstrip is at right angle to your flight path and about 300 mtrs long. The plane turns sharply right no sooner are the wing level you are landing. Taking off down the hill virtually as soon as you take off the plane banks hard left we were in a Pilatus Porter nothing much bigger can land here
Ah yes. But Lukla is in the fog layer. And yes you do have the turn just before landing. ( or after take off ). It is the only runway I know where the lower retaining wall was made out of crashed planes. Of course you do have to add earthquakes and ice to the mix. But what is life without a little excitement.
I would imagine that the dirt strip made landings easier, with the increased drag on the wheels, but take offs harder for the same reason.
The runway goes uphill, so less drag is better (otherwise the landing plane won’t make it to the top)
Wow. The airstrip has come a long way.
...wow, the airstrip has come a long way since then...!
How did the tarmac get where? Surly they didn't take it up there on the back off doncky lol
But still you can't get tones of tarmac in a DHC-6 can you?
Archie Scriven Someone told me that they helicoptered loads up from a batch plant that was set up at a lower elevation , I don't know if that is true or not but it sounds believable , they got it up there somehow.
Archie Scriven helicopter is the best way
I don't realized I already seen this vids a year ago!
Thanx God. It is paved and looking comfortable now.
This is a Harbin AVIC Y12 Aircraft and not a Twin Otter.
100 years ago in luckla airport
100?
Which is harder: landing on Lukla or an aircraft carrier?
Well the aircraft carrier can move. Which might be tricky. On the other hand you don't normally have to avoid 20000 foot high hills on the approach to the carrier. And you do have ejector seats on the planes which do land. And deck arrestor gear too. So a bit of a toss up.
Before 2001 Lukla look like Dirt and weather rain and wet may chance have skid off the runway
Imagens sensacionais do Airport Lukla, mais perigoso do mundo, na minha opinião. Época da pista de terra sobre as rochas. Espetacular cenas.
Wow cant believe it was just a dirt runway
Holy shit pilots were actually landing and taking off on that strip before it was even paved ... OMG what balls...
When was it taped?
Old is gold video.. 👌
I make a bet, be sure you suddenly remember all the forgotten prayers of your youth, when approaching and landing on that airfield :-)