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Brent P[_1_] February 8th 07 06:37 PM

Somewhat OT for Scott: "geezer" lands plane on road
 

Via fark.com

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...250632,00.html

A pensioner attempting to land a plane mistook a road for the runway, an
accident report says.

He only noticed his mistake when he hit a speed bump.

The pilot believed he had found the landing strip despite noticing "a
kerb to the side and lamp posts to his left", the report continues.

The 68-year-old, who has not been named, was an experienced private pilot
who had clocked up more than 1,000 hours in the air over the years.



Eeyore February 8th 07 06:54 PM

Somewhat OT for Scott: "geezer" lands plane on road
 


Brent P wrote:

> Via fark.com
>
> http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...250632,00.html
>
> A pensioner attempting to land a plane mistook a road for the runway, an
> accident report says.
>
> He only noticed his mistake when he hit a speed bump.
>
> The pilot believed he had found the landing strip despite noticing "a
> kerb to the side and lamp posts to his left", the report continues.
>
> The 68-year-old, who has not been named, was an experienced private pilot
> who had clocked up more than 1,000 hours in the air over the years.


Sounds like he could have used a GPS navigational aid.

Graham



Larry Bud February 8th 07 07:55 PM

Somewhat OT for Scott: "geezer" lands plane on road
 
On Feb 8, 12:37 pm, (Brent P)
wrote:
> Via fark.com
>
> http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...250632,00.html
>
> A pensioner attempting to land a plane mistook a road for the runway, an
> accident report says.


I don't know about UK small craft laws, but the FAA would ground this
guy for sure after an incident like this. That's why so few of
these events occur.

I have an audio recording of an air traffic controller trying to give
directions to a guy in a small plane. The pilot didn't sound like he
was a geezer, but boy was he confused, adh te ATC guy was ****ED OFF.




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