How to land a plane on the interstate.

[john70t]

(not in Russia. or most other countries.)

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by john70t

No they were about 10ft away.

How do you figure? Curious.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by john70t

No they were about 10ft away.

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

How do you figure? Curious.

I have no idea. Really.
Just guessing.
So sorry.


(edit: here is the screenshot just in case it doesn't appear on your browser)

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ Huh...the first thing I thought of when viewing was that the two cars were providing blocking for the plane to land.
Different perspective I guess.

Blocking? Open your eyes. If they were blocking, they would be slowing down creating a huge gap. Or stopping entirely.. Instead those pieces of **** are practically overtaking the plane.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Dantilla

An aviation site I'm on has more info.
Mechanical issue with the engine left him with partial power. Not enough to maintain flight.

This... Note the puffs of dark smoke from the engine just before he landed.

Great job BTW but the idiots in the cars could have given him more room.

[aigel]

Yes, I think those drivers are asinine - a plane doesn't land on the interstate for fun. If nothing else, you could expect it to become a hazard, starting on fire, spewing oil or moving erratically. Person in the little **** box can't wait to pass when the plane pulls off. Someone has a life or death emergency and all you can think of is how to get to your lunch appointment as fast as possible?

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[Porsche-O-Phile]

Any landing you walk away from...

One of those things you practice a lot / think about a lot and hope to never have to actually do... Glad this ended well!

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by TimT

The plane does let out quite a bit of black exhaust when early in the video..

Tailgating, seriously?....kicking teeth in WTF...

Not the smoothest person....

[svandamme]

well why would it bother the plane that there's a car 30 feet behind him?
they weren't going fast, plane will not outbrake a car
And I doubt he has rear view mirrors that would show him what's behind him?

[Zeke]

The cars didn't have to follow that close but it was a long lens shot, so how do you know if it was 30 feet or 100? Personally, if a plane was landing in front of me on a highway, I'd get the hell away from the thing.

[afterburn 549]

Lots of time the prop will not stop windmilling even if the engine quit.
There is some tricks to do to help stop it as it actually slows you dwn of it keeps rotating.

Next-I thinks I would have chosen the frontage road to the right, as he just lucked out not landing on anyone.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Next-I thinks I would have chosen the frontage road to the right, as he just lucked out not landing on anyone.

Really? Are you a pilot? If you are, here is something no real pilot ever does: After a successful landing during an emergency
when no one gets hurt handicap the other pilots f'ing landing site choice. Never happens. Ever.

Perhaps, since you have no f'ing clue, the frontage road had "issues"?

What an *********.

Go away.

My opinion is that the pilot did what needed to be done and no one got hurt. Based on the fact that the pilot taxied off the road, I bet the pilot was not a rookie.

[afterburn 549]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Really? Are you a pilot? If you are, here is something no real pilot ever does: After a successful landing during an emergency
when no one gets hurt handicap the other pilots f'ing landing site choice. Never happens. Ever.

Perhaps, since you have no f'ing clue, the frontage road had "issues"?

What an *********.

Go away.

My opinion is that the pilot did what needed to be done and no one got hurt. Based on the fact that the pilot taxied off the road, I bet the pilot was not a rookie.

Oh dear sea hawk you always want the last say-
But you don't.
You must be a tiny man to get all upset at everyone over everything, is that because of Navy shrinkage? LOL
Landing on the interstate is a huge liability as now one has now included others in their problems!
Others could have quite easily been killed.
As i said he lucked out getting between cars ..
Not the best decision with a frontage road on one side perhaps both sides
We were always taught "any fkn thing" but the interstate!
You go away and be an ashole somewhere else-truly not called for.

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Next-I thinks I would have chosen the frontage road to the right, as he just lucked out not landing on anyone.

As a pilot, I will not second guess his decision.

Does the frontage road have parallel power lines?
Does the frontage road have potholes, or just lousy pavement that will swallow an airplane's small-diameter tires?
What obstacles were visible from the air that aren't visible from our street view? Parked cars? Delivery truck?
Stall speed goes up with any bank during a turn.
If close to stalling, any extraneous maneuvering could be the difference between a controlled landing and cartwheeling down the road in flames.

As a general rule, picking an open field is preferable to a street, as streets have sign posts, traffic lights, power lines, yada, yada....

This guy did good when under extreme pressure. No second chance allowed.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Others could have quite easily been killed.
As i said he lucked out getting between cars ..
Not the best decision with a frontage road on one side perhaps both sides
We were always taught "any fkn thing" but the interstate!

Sure.

One would assume you were there at the sticks in this particular episode and made all the right calls....but you were not.

My last post in this thread is this: Never question a pilots successful landing in an emergency....people live, no ones dies, aircraft whole, live to fight another day.

The perfect ending to a tough beginning.

The rest is an old man jerking off.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Sure.
The rest is an old man jerking off.

Kinda like this?...Agreed.

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Look at those two A-holes tailgating the plane, as if they are in a major hurry.
I would love to pull them out of their car, kick their ****ing teeth in, and ask if they are still in such a hurry.

[pavulon]

Does Canada use Eurpoean-style aircraft ID markings?

[afterburn 549]

What we were taught is damage to the aircraft is better than killing other people, and to set it anywhere to eliminate collateral..
This pilot came out smelling like a rose!
But,, this thread would have been calling him a stupid donkey butt had he come dwn on a car and killed other people or it caught on fire and involved other people.
Simple as that.
Like most threads, it can be seen two ways but mostly by those that scream the loudest.
With helicopters one has to concerned with a lot more flying carnage.(which is more my thing)
On a road? NO way!
LOL
In fact, one has to be care full where they land as someone will come over and run through the tail rotor!
We had an acquaintance sued several years ago because some kid ran over to see him landing and the stupid kid broke his ankle.

This changes the whole outlook of the 100 dollar hamburger, just because we can land there.

[93nav]

Yes, it is hard to tell how far back the cars really are. On another forum, someone quoted a report saying the car right behind the plane was not that close and was trying to prevent other cars from hitting the plane. Though I am not sure why cars behind the plane would hit it.

Originally Posted by Zeke

The cars didn't have to follow that close but it was a long lens shot, so how do you know if it was 30 feet or 100? Personally, if a plane was landing in front of me on a highway, I'd get the hell away from the thing.

[93nav]

Not sure what you are asking, but:

In America, we have 'N' numbers. The number/id on the side of the plane. All start with an 'N' followed by numbers and possibly other letters.

Canada 'N' numbers start with a 'C' and I believe contain all letters. Other countries follow similar, a letter, or letters, designating the country and then more letters.

Not sure if any other country also uses numbers, like the USA.

Originally Posted by pavulon

Does Canada use Eurpoean-style aircraft ID markings?