2006-06-26 11:43:41 · 53 answers · asked by abdullah a 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
In sweeden, ther motorways are desinged to be used as run ways for ther airforce in times of war!
2006-06-26 11:58:21 · answer #1 · answered by roadrunner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mountainmandew is correct. It is a popular urban legend that the Eisenhower Intestate System was supposed to have one mile of unobstructed straight road every 5 miles for national emergency military use. For the most part, I think you will see that the majority of Interstate highways have that feature. Don't know for sure if it was actually part of the original bill in congress or not.
I do know that while on approach to the local airport one day several years ago, I was asked to locate a downed aircraft that they lost contact with. I found them right where the tower thought they were. They landed on a highway and had the plane pulled over to the side of the road. I made a low pass and waved my wings. They were able to let me know everything was okay through hand waving and "thumbs up." I radioed the info to the tower. I saw a State Police car with flashing lights headed that way. By the time I landed and got my plane tied down, the local FBO was on their way to the site with fuel. I drove by there on the way home and the plane was already gone. State police were just leaving the scene. I don't know who the pilot was or what the outcome was, but I'm sure the FAA was notified and he more than likely called on the carpet for a good chewing out by the FAA for running out of fuel 8 miles short of the destination. (Its a BIG NO-NO!)
2006-07-03 01:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by tml1x 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and it has been done before. Not too sure about a large passenger plane, but smaller aircraft have landed on highways. Some times it is the only clear place to land in an emergency
2006-06-26 11:45:48 · answer #3 · answered by adolfv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there is a reason why the highways have the eisenhower system, that way a plain can land and take off in an emergency, if it was to ever get destroyed, there is another part, that is why the highway turns and has straight aways, not only to keep from tunnel syndrome. also, the highways also have certain heights for the overpass, that way tanks and other vehicles will be able to go under.
2006-06-26 11:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by jerryl r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a popular urban legend that Eisenhower required the Interstate Highway System to have one out of every five miles straight in case an airplane needed to make an emergency landing, or in case the highway needed to become an impromptu U.S. Air Force airport. This is not true; the closest to reality this ever came was a plan to build landing strips beside highways, but the "one in five" plan was never part of the original Interstate Highway System. I learned something
2006-06-26 11:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by mountainmandew 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A highway can be used and is used fairly often. You just don't hear about it much because they rarely result in crashes, which are newsworthy. It doesn't have to be super long or super level either. A small to medium sized plane can be stopped in less than 5,000 ft. Some small planes require less than 1,000 ft, and these don't have to be straight distances.. if the pilot is skilled enough, the Aircraft can be landed on runways that have much steeper incline grades than any road. Pilots ,tend to prefer fields to roads, however, because of traffic and power lines.
2006-07-01 05:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by rinso 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most airplanes could land on a highway in an emergency. It would have to be a true emergency, because it would destroy the plane and the highway.
2006-06-26 11:47:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its an emergency and with notice I have heard of the police even clearing a highway so a plane can land that was in distress. So the answer is yes
2006-06-26 11:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by bay_area_steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Decades ago a light plane landed on the George Washington Bridge, between NYCity and NJ.
It was an emergency landing, but very costly for the pilot.
He was given a steep penalty, and then had to pay for the craft to be dismantled and towed away.
2006-07-03 00:00:14 · answer #9 · answered by elan.lotus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, there is an AeroMexico Boeing 737 pilot that has deadstick landed a 737 on two different occasions. He landed on a highway both times. Nobody on the ground or aboard the aircraft were injured during his two forced landings.
2006-06-26 15:04:43 · answer #10 · answered by Kelley S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of smaller ones doing it, in fact one landed near my home on the highway. Apparently it was an emergency—luckily no one got hurt . I'm sure the guy got into some sort of trouble with the police.
2006-06-26 12:05:46 · answer #11 · answered by DEF z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋