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A Polish airline captain has pulled off a daredevil feat, landing a fixed-wing aircraft on a tiny helipad on the 56-storey Burj Al Arab tower in Dubai before taking off again. After one failed approach, Lukasz Czepiela, a champion air racer, put down his Carbon Cub, a modern version of the 1940s single-engine Piper Cub, on the 78ft-wide platform and stopped just before the 700ft drop to the Gulf below. As spectators cheered, Czepiela, 39, turned the plane for the shortest of take-off runs. He roared off the edge, diving towards the water to gain flying speed, then pulled out into a chandelle — a swooping aerobatic manoeuvre. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram:
