Excellent dead-stick landing on a city road

[Steeda30]

Saw this on Jetcareers.com figured I'd post it here. Pretty impressive.

"Two pilots safely land an experimental plane on the roadway after the engine quits. Co-pilot is a professional cameraman who fitted the wing strut and interior with cameras, for what was supposed to be an uneventful ride to Sun and Fun. An excellent display of piloting at its best. No Damage to plane, property and people."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT58Di51wDk]YouTube - Successful landing after engine out in experimental plane[/ame]

 

[forged5.4dohc]

skillz

 

[thomas91169]

dude he landed that shit like it was nothing! and then, he even pulled into the parking lot!

 

[Paulinator]

he didnt use his blinker to signal the turn...

 

[samsu402]

i think he was just real lucky. No cars, wide road. I wander how fast his pulse was though

 

[Steeda30]

Haha yea that landing was something - good thing there was no one on the road.

I would have landed in the same place even if there were cars. I'd hope that people would be smart enough to hit the brakes and not rear end an airplane that's landing, but who knows. There's always the risk of nailing a power line going across the road, but that's a chance ya gotta take sometimes.

 

[Wishing4Cobra]

It seems like theres always engine failure with those smaller planes for some reason. But great landing though, I probably would of freaked out.

 

[MattP 343]

Holy crap...

 

[tristateZ28Lt1]

damn that was sumthin else

 

[oneSICsvt]

i wonder what the cars driving the opposite way were thinking

 

[svtwelch711]

My father who is a retired American Airlines Captain always had a saying about those planes. "Don't fly em' any higher than you want to fall". Years later i watch a video and i understand. :dw: Crazy how that works out sometimes.

 

[dudemang2]

fake.

 

[GT40TH]

damn that chit was crazy!

 

[CobraBob]

Good Lord! That was awesome!!

 

[Finaltheorem47]

Haha that was cool. I've ridden in a few sea planes for when I go fishing in Canada and they are called Otters and they are from the 1940's. The first time you ride one it is pretty scary. That guy did a great job landing the plane.

 

[03cobra#694]

Cool vid.

 

[astrodudepsu]

get that guy on a carrier!

 

[gt90_hatch]

Nice

 

[kuruma]

i wonder what the cars driving the opposite way were thinking

Or the people in the stores on the side.

Chilling having a cup of coffee. plane drives by...

 

[PowerWheels]

Not that big a deal, unless there is no road to land on, or cars on the road.