learjet 60 at Aspen Video

Landing a Learjet 60 at the famous Aspen airport.

@leokov oh ok? thx. ...
@leokov oh ok? thx....learn something new everyday

That was the yaw ...
That was the yaw damper, which is actually a part of the auto pilot system, hence? the tone. This airplane can be landed with the yaw damper either on or off.

Did he? just turn ...
Did he? just turn the auto pilot off just as the video ended?

lovely approach, ...
lovely approach, what a? plane!

I was on the team ...
I was on the team that developed the M60. If? memory serves me 20 years on, it stalls just north of 110 knots. Remember the wing is almost the same as that on the M31 weighing a lot less that the M60. Most of the Learjet folks around in the 90s consider the M60 to be the last "real" Learjet. Over the wire should be 1.23 times Vstall, so, call? it 135 KIAS as a minimum. More if heavy. Leokov was probably about right.

"Terrain!"..." ...
"Terrain!"..."Terrain!"..."Pull Up!"..."Pull Up!"... yep, sounds? like flying into Aspen!

well, was there a ...
well, was there a plane? which is comes head-on while approaching? am I wrong? or was it on downwind?(actually,I don't think so) thanks for sharing

Are you? a Learjet ...
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if you woundering ...
if you woundering why i am responding to a comment due 1 year later i justdo it cause i feel like it?

Youtube at this ...
Youtube at this time unable to handle world wide traffic?

So if I'm not ...
So if I'm not mistaken pilots called the 'pull up' voice in an F-16 'b***hin betty.'? I wonder what lovely names you guys have come up with for the whiner at 0:15

Bring back good ...
Bring back good memories of my younger single days; Aspen was a favorite skiing destination. I couldn't afford to stay in Aspen, so would I stay in the nearby towns (Basalt, Glenwood Springs). I would drive by the airport (seeing the rows of private jets) thinking; someday with my? own private jet, I will fly into Aspen. I am still waiting on that dream. : ^ )

yeah, you? can see ...
yeah, you? can see his shadow on the ground at 1:21

Nice vid, brought ...
Nice vid, brought back memories of? my 604 days in Aspen

Spoilers actually ...
Spoilers actually ARE used during flight.? They make the ride a little rougher and a little louder, therefore are typically not used on a daily basis. That being said, you don't use them on an approach in a Lear. It is actually a limitation in the Airplane Flight Manual (the airplane bible) that you can't use spoilers and flaps at the same time in the Lear.

@digler' ...
@digler' absolutely no sweat dude! lol! all good. nor am i a "real world Pilot". just an overly? enthusiastic Hobbyist/Flight Simmer. to the point of kinda , Ridiculous! ha-ha! anyway, the "Slats" ARE the leading edge devices, so to speak. those are the Forward Drooping Sections that roll out a bit, and down, to extend the forward surface area of the wing, curving and directing more air, over the Top, than Underneath. that is Key! sounds like you've got your other stuff correct!

Thanks drumdude. I ...
Thanks drumdude. I learned two things, first I think I confused the notion of spoiler with airbrake. Thought spoilers were used during flight, based on commercial jets where you see the airbrake a lot on approach and see it go fully up on touchdown. I know of two things, one being the slats (not flaps) that come up briefly on final (in big jets) and? the metal on the leading edge of the wing that can also come forward (spoiler?) . I'm not a real pilot - dont worry, just curious.

haha pull up i have ...
haha pull up i have a lear 60 and i was fling in mexaco to? watch baja and it was doing the same thing

Holy groundprox? ...
Holy groundprox? batman!

Jep, at 1:01 " ...
Jep, at 1:01 "traffic,? traffic" I think it's the TCAS :D

They should blast ...
They should blast that mountain? so that damn warning goes away.

at 1:18 is that? ...
at 1:18 is that? another plane going opposite direction left side

Does this airport ...
Does this airport have ILS? or is it a visual approach?

Beautiful approach ...
Beautiful approach and landing. I read recently that one has to have a special qualification to operate a turbine? aircraft into this airport. Is this correct?

Well that cleared ...
Well that cleared that up. I should have read? this post prior to mine. Thanks.

Those type of ...
Those type of aircraft fly under IFR, which means (Instrument Flight Rules) They have set approach plates that they follow with set altitudes at certain distances. So,I assume he was at that height due to an assigned altitude for that airport approach. I have not seen that? particular approach plate so I cannot say for sure. But I would hate to try that in cloudy weather if that was right!

nice landing! What ...
nice landing! What are some challenges landing at high altitude? airports?

muehr05 I read ...
muehr05 I read your comment about triangle. I wasn't going to comment, but then thought, what the hell? I've been into Aspen seriously over 500 times in my career. That day was clear wx, good plane. Crew was? having fun flying over the hill that low.....I've done it many, many times.....NOT unsafe!!!!! PIC (I don't know him or her) NOT a loser.....And NOT a 'cowboy' technique in my opinion. There, I feel better now.

muehr05 I read ...
muehr05 I read your comment about triangle. I wasn't? going to comment, but then thought, what the hell? I've been into Aspen seriously over 500 times in my career. That day was clear wx, good plane. Crew was having fun flying over the hill that low.....I've done it many, many times.....NOT unsafe!!!!! PIC (I don't know him or her) NOT a loser.....And NOT a 'cowboy' technique in my opionion. There, I feel better now.