1500hp King Air uses ENTIRE Runway - Skydive Plane Ride Along

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Skydive jump run in a modified King Air A90. This plane was completely stripped from all unnecessary weight and the 550hp engines were swapped with 750hp turboprops giving it enough power to take off heavy from the 2900ft short runway. This 1967 Beechcraft King Air A90 Taurus conversion climbs to 18,000 feet in 7 minutes! Absolute HOT ROD of an airplane. It’s the perfect aircraft for Skydive Space Center, which offers the highest skydives in the world.

This plane is incredible. Video ends with multiple angles of take off and landing footage.

✈️ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞.

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00:00 Intro
01:21 Specifications
03:14 Startup
05:30 Takeoff Brief
06:31 Takeoff
10:00 Skydiver Exit
10:28 Descent
12:48 Landing
14:00 Bonus Footage

[AirSafetyInstitute]

Awesome footage! It was great to see Mohammed's professionalism on full display.

[wds]

The descent segment with gear deploying was wicked Pedro. Well done!

[WillisMcDowell]

I jumped out of this plane at 18K last April! i enjoyed flying in the king air so much i decided to pursue my private pilot rating. Thanks for a great video, will be jumping again next spring.

[randyporter]

Im a pilot and was invited to skydive years ago. Sadly, I had a prior trip planned and couldn't go. I remember now, I left on the 9:15 out of Nopesville, enroute to Fthatastan. Oh well, maybe next time.
That said, a big thank you for an incredible video ! What a beast of an airplane. Mohammed was great and gave us good insight from his perspective. So thank you FF and Mo for the great ride ! Safe skies !

[Trevor_Austin]

At last a pilot who cuts the crap. No ego, loads of humour. He just gets on with job; climbing, dumping his payload and returning as efficiently as possible.

[baron]

Totally cool to see skydiving from the plane's perspective. I did one jump when I was a Freshman in college in 1979 in Antioch, CA. It was a solo static line jump from 3000 feet because it would be four more years until tandem jumps were available and higher altitudes became the norm. Eight hours of training, hanging from a beam, practicing emergency procedures. I remember once my chute opened, seeing the plane dive to return to the field. Amazing experience. Thanks for the video and your channel!

[HDJess]

10:28 that's amazing, you can actually see the plane unloading after they jump out, it momentarily pitches up.

[MinutesofAviation]

Awesome shots! May I feature the outside view of the takeoff in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. Cheers!

[Lee-brxj]

i just turned 54 today and until 7 years ago i had never been off the ground and swore i never would . my wife finaly talked me into flying to denver from dfw and i have been hooked ever since and now i skydive . im going on a glider sunday and a hot air ballon next month . the only thing i havent been on yet is a fighter . i wish i could have gotten into aviation 30 years ago but i dont think i would have apreciated it like i do now . flying is my passion . . GOD bless you brother . hopefully ill see you in the air

[HaxiFlies]

I have no interest in skydiving myself, but someday when I get my commercial, flying jumpers is def one of my top picks.

[david.b]

Pilot is phenomenally a master of the flight, Kudos to him🙏🏾❤

[richardsmith]

Great video of the A90, I used to ride along in a Beech 18 and after dropping the jumpers from 12, 500, it was an elevator ride down and usually we could land before the jumpers. The A90 really is a rocket !!

[MikeS-kwhr]

I have about 400 jumps out of that very plane. My favorite one of my 26 year and counting jump history.

[greatdanes]

I got to do that with Mike Mullins king air 2. Had the Guinness record for getting skydivers up, out and back at the airport. Sometimes I would just go for the ride and take pictures, called the E ticket! Mike would dive down past the free falling skydivers, pull up at low altitude. Do one corkscrew turn to slow down, and lane on the runway. Rides were 10$. Best roller coaster ride!

[ryanryessir]

Not gonna lie, every instructor and myself who've flown into Arthur Dunn for flights have always been sketched out by this King Air. Seems like they just always barely make it over the powerlines at the end lol.

[jasonatkins]

I miss flying jump planes. They trained me in the A/B 90 when I had 25 hours of muilti time. Enjoyed the King Air, Twin Otter, Casa, and Caravans! Flying at drop zones is amazing because unlike passenger airports, everyone is there to have a good time.

[Colin_Holloway]

That thing definitely climbs like a homesick angel! Great video.

[sfhtx]

Of all the skydives I've made, I've never seen it from this perspective. What a fantastic video and incredible airplane.

[ItsTheKableGuy]

Absolutely amazing and super jealous you got to experience this!

[KaiWirth]

I jumped out of that hot rod 10 years ago! 😂 It was a blast! Would love to jump again.