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Originally Posted by Richard Flanders
They have classes that go up into the Single Otter class. My neighbor did a short field takeoff demo there with his C-1, which was designed as a supply plane for our aircraft carriers and would take off in less then 200ft empty and with low fuel. That was fun to watch and popular with the crowd. He flew that C-1 down to Oshkosh one summer when I was there also. I watched a friend compete with a S Otter that managed a takeoff in 88ft! .
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An Otter taking off in 88 ft. sounds pretty exceptional to me. I would love to see it. They are great airplanes but I’ll bet there is lot more use for a Beaver DHC-2 up there if there isn’t a need for transporting more than 1,500 pounds of cargo.
The Twin Otter was my favorite jump airplane. It got you up to 18,000 ft. jump altitude quickly. I’ve seen Cessna 182’s with a front seat removed as jump airplanes. Not for me. I don’t like having to climb out on the wing to jump.
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