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SteveK
25-07-2007, 05:14 PM
Imagine seeing this driving home in peak hour traffic on the Monash freeway. Probably wouldn't be able to land, too many people in the right hand lane failing to keep left. :p

Video after the jump.

Look out, coming through (http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/07/video_of_a_wwiiera_airplane_la.html)
APCLB
25-07-2007, 05:25 PM
A real credit to the pilots experience!Dead stick landing on a busy free way!
I bet he was picking vynal & foam out his butt from the pucker factor......
Brass Munky
26-07-2007, 02:05 AM
Holy shit, thats awesome, some big balls thats for sure
C4B
26-07-2007, 08:06 AM
What was the go with the copper and the white car that was stopped next to the plane. Was he going to book him for stopping in a clearway??? :rofl:
SteveK
26-07-2007, 11:25 AM
What was the go with the copper and the white car that was stopped next to the plane. Was he going to book him for stopping in a clearway??? :rofl:

Officer: Do you have any reason for speeding?
Pilot: Speeding, Occifer, I was slowing down.
Officer: Mate, I was doing the limit and you FLEW past me.
motomk
26-07-2007, 07:12 PM
They interviewed the pilot on one of the US morning shows shown on Channel 10.
He was on his way to Oshkosh, he also knew the owner of the campervan on the side of the road who was coincidentally replacing a flat tyre.

It is what the video doesn't show that is the amazing thing.
If the police car filming it had a rear view camera they would have seen the pilot had to bounce the plane over the camera car as it came down too quick for all of them. He actually flew it into the ground harder so it would bounce over the police car.

motomk