On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 00:39:47 -0800, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
roups.com...
Depends on the airplane, certain lpanes are built in such a way that
they can actually attain enough lift just from the prop wash alone.

Other than the ones we call helicopters, I've never heard of such a thing.

Care to elaborate?


I've been told that a Maule will do that. With a little wind, just
apply power and it jumps into the air instantly. Similarly, in wind
it'll land vertically. But then the Maule pilot who told me this was
from Alaska, where airplanes routinely perform mythic feats.

RK Henry