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A modified Carbon Cub aircraft landed on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, a feat requiring extensive planning and modifications to the aircraft. Red Bull, XDubai, and CubCrafters ...

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In a world first, Polish pilot Luke Czepiela has successfully completed an incredible landing on Dubai's iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. Using a customized fixed-wing CubCrafters Carbon Cub STOL (Short ...

Polish pilot Luke Czepiela has become the first pilot to land a plane on the helipad atop the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai. Czepiela needed 20.76 meters (68 feet) to land his plane on the ...

A helipad, as the name would imply, is typically for helicopter use. The giant letter 'H' in its center is there for a reason, after all. In general, airplanes need an awful lot more room to land than ...

(CNN) — Dubai in 1993 was a world away from the global capital of today. The finance and construction industries had yet to rumble into high gear. The city had yet to establish itself as a destination ...