Piper Cub

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 05/10/2016 at 21:41 • Filed to: Planelonik

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An odd place to park, but who am I to judge?

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 21:48

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Cubs are the best

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 21:51

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I’ve seen bush pilots perform landings in ridiculously short distances, but that might be pushing it.

Birddog > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 21:59

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Aww. The little guy hasn’t been weened from momma yet.

Chariotoflove > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 22:17

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Wow! And I haven’t seen a Cub in years and years.

Jcarr > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 22:19

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The Mars is coming Oshkosh this year. I'm so pumped.

facw > Jcarr 05/10/2016 at 22:21

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It’s too bad, they could use it in Canada right about now.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 05/10/2016 at 22:33

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Have you ever watched a STOL competition? Pretty amazing what those guys can do.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 05/10/2016 at 22:39

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I have, and that’s what I was thinking about.

Frenchlicker > f86sabre 05/10/2016 at 23:22

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That, that gives me the chills.

Bowtie_Guy > facw 05/11/2016 at 01:26

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I actually looked into this because I’m a huge Mars fan and the reason it’s not being used is because the Alberta government hasn’t requested it.

Logistically it didn’t make sense because the nearest lake they could draw off of was Slave Lake which meant a 2.5 hour turnaround time between drops

Also the way they are fighting the fire at the moment (preserving infastructure and keeping evacuation routes open) they are more concerned with small precision drops on a targeted area VS 1 massive drop over a wide area