I might have asked for a bit more straight-away.
(H/T to Tailspin Tom for the link)
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If it’d been me?By lex, on June 17th, 2008
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He was signaling for a left turn. Didn’t you see his left arm out the window?
With a thousand mile long runway, you can handle a few curves, even if you make an intersection takeoff.
Man,
When they say that speed limits are enforced by aircraft, they really mean it.
Must be a bit dicey trying to pull someone over in rush-hour traffic, however…….
Lex, Is this what they call a dual use highway? Surprised? Then, maybe you should go to Sweden. They could teach some real experiential lessons, if they still do it. SAAB
Grumpy
Surprised the FAA let him (I’m assuming it was the same guy taking off as landed). Unless it was clear cut that he wasn’t hazarding anyone else, FAA could suspend the guys license pending review, right.
Looked like a pretty short takeoff run, probably was light.
I doubt he landed there on a lark. It was probably an emergency situation. I learned to fly in S. Florida, and I-95 is an attractive emergency landing option (although usually a cross-wind there). Concur with Lex re the curve. Looked like lots of straight away behind him. 2 most useless things in aviation – runway behind you and altitude above you!
Navig8r- I always add a third to your list: “fuel left in the truck”!
The pilot didn’t even use his Cessna-recommended short field T/O techniques, so I think he knew for sure he had it made. Perspective played into this vid, methinks.
Looked like they were trying to get him out of there as quickly as possible. Didn’t spend much time doing a runup, unless he did it all sitting there on the side of the road.
I concur that the turn at lift-off isn’t usually an approved move. Right turn off the shoulder, taxi 500 feet, hard around 180 and that much more straight under the wheels. He made it though, so I guess all’s well that ends well. ‘Course, he’s probably still doing FAA paperwork.
I would have been more worried if that camera was mounted on an overpass…. clearing that might have been interesting if you didn’t come unstuck as soon as you thought you would.
I had absolutely no idea what you folx were talking about when I clicked the link. My click initially vectored me into a video of a cop center punching a wall with some kid’s head. I had to look lower on the page to find the plane on freeway vid. Takeoff roll looked more like a high speed taxi transition to ‘Hey, let’s go flying!’ Ya gotta love STOL…
Obviously on the cop video, the cop misunderstood tower’s ‘left break midfield’ for ‘left break at the numbers’. I feel badly for the kid, but cooperation with the Ossifer is always recommended.
Details from news stories:
The plane had made emergency landing with instructor and student due to an engine failure-”a cylinder seized up”. The owner was called to the scene, and he repaired it in three hours, compared to the over eight hours it would have taken to dismantle it for transport.
The highway patrol slowed traffic to 15mph to make a gap for the plane to merge into.
At least that’s what the press said. As a firefighter, I get to experience three calls whenever my pager goes off: the one we dispatch for, the actual incident, and the one we read about in the paper.
Link no longer works; took me entirely too long to realize the weather report for Florida wasn’t what you were talking about.
Chap,
The link rotates through various stories. You’d have to go search a bit if you want to see it.
Well, yeah, now I know that…
All in a day’s fun…
WHERE do you find this stuff Lexi?
Um… ok, nevermind.
That link took me to a video about 6 severed feet washing up on the shores of a lake. Different people’s feet, still in their shoes.
That was really strange… trying to make that connection.
I’m up way past my bedtime.
News stories from Africa:
First day: three bodies found with no heads
Second day: three heads found, no bodies
Third day: heads don’t match bodies
Fun fact: The US Navy worked on take offs and landings from a “curved runway” (actually a huge round track) back in 1965. Might work for a Skyhawk, but jets-not so much.
Wilko- Never heard of that before, but looked it up. Neat. I still think the rubber decking for aircraft carriers (so planes didn’t need landing gear) was the weirdest I’ve heard.
As an aside, seaplane drivers do turning takeoffs all the time, esp when the lake is of less than optimal size.
@Zane: “8 Heads in a Duffle Bag,” anyone?
@Wilko: Immediately thought of three things on reading your comment.
1. See also: Navy NASCAR team.
2. Said runway was originally intended to be straight and built by senior staffers from the Pentagon as proof they could still “do stuff.”
3. Perhaps an early attempt at saving money on concrete costs. Meaning: “To hell with these aviators wanting runways of fixed length! We’ll build them one of INFINITE length, they can just keep going around if they’re not going fast enough the first time.”
3.a. Early prototype of the failed Moebius Runway Project.
LOL! The link took me to a news story in Florida about an apartment complex that is going “Clothing Optional” LOL! Left me scratching my head till I read that the link rotates stories LOL!