Video: Small Aircraft Lands On a Cargo Ship

Here’s a unique video showing a small aircraft landing and taking off from a ship’s deck in the English Channel. With footage of six cameras including from inside the aircraft, the amazing feat is performed using one of the most amazing aircrafts, the extreme short takeoff and landing (STOL) Foxbat A22.

During the landing, the ship was sailing at 9 knots speed over ground, the true windspeed was 14 knots.

aircraft on ship

The ship is a 3,500 tonne multipurpose vessel with total length of 99 meters and deck in front of bridge 60 meters x 15 meters. The ship, due to its unique design, has twice the deck space of conventional ships.

Watch the video below:

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Raunek Kantharia is a marine engineer turned maritime writer and entrepreneur. After a brief stint at the sea, he founded Marine Insight in 2010. Apart from managing Marine Insight, he also writes for a number of maritime magazines and websites.

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