Have you ever landed on a dangerous roadway? An 'unapproved' runway? Have you ever done it deliberately? Tell me about it! Ever got CAUGHT doing it?
2007-11-30 16:28:49 · 11 answers · asked by stingjam 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
yep....lost an engine in a cessna 172 once and had to put it down on a country road....no harm, no damage, no foul.....and one of the smoosthest landings i've ever made....lol....imagine that.....good thing i paid attention to all those engine out drills during training and practiced them regularly after getting the licenses.....
2007-11-30 22:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by #1 bossman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing unapproved about landing surfaces is the fact that the surface in question is not recognized as an airport. Off airport landings used to be fairly commonplace years ago. Still are, if you live in what the smug east and west coast yuppies call "flyover country." Plenty of farmers and ranchers fly right off their property, and you won't find those airports on the map.
The reason why they're not caught is that nobody really cares. They're not doing anything wrong.
I did forget to mention the term: "dragging the field." Not too many remember what that is. I doubt that most young CFIs today have ever heard of it.
2007-12-01 03:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by grumpy geezer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely !! Then again, I'm a former US Naval Helicopter Aircrewman... we did it OFTEN during CSAR training exercises and other training flights.
We landed once also on a elementary school yard for a display... planned, cleared, and approved.
I now own a ultra-light that I love flying off my brother's ranch and zipping around the Foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. We land all the time in fields.
2007-12-01 04:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, a forest service road as part of our bush training. No big deal, it was straight and wide, easier than many other strips I've landed on. Just had to watch out for logging trucks but you just look for the big clouds of dust.
Up here in Canada it's not technically illegal. In fact up north a bit there are big signs on the highways telling you to beware of aircraft taking off and landing.
2007-12-01 03:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
C-17, Afghanistan. No runway, no road, just dirt.
To Bossman. You know the saying "There is never a landing that will be better than the one you HAVE TO make." lol
2007-11-30 23:16:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me preface this by saying that I've never been caught doing it. If you were to do it deliberately, you'd need to be sure of the surface, power lines, possible obstructions and automotive traffic.
I don't know anything about it. I didn't see it happen. If I did see it happen, I wasn't paying attention. If I did see it happen and was paying attention, then the repurcussions of that action did not occur to me at that time.
Fly the Friendly Skies!
JT
2007-11-30 19:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by jettech 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I landed on a road 5 kilometers from a town in the Australian outback. It was the safest place to land, and there was no traffic as far as the eye could see.
technically illegal to do so, but in the outback. there isnt a policeman behind every bush.
2007-11-30 18:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by pete 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For leisure...I operate a SuperCub...and have put it down on roads on occasion....
Wires are your #1 hazard....and some are near invisible so usually like to recce the area by car first..if possible..
And in flying helos.....done pretty routinely, depending on the type of operation.
2007-12-01 03:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by helipilot212 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at this moment but i am open.
but if you want to do it the plane need to be light. you want a long round for you to land if you have a problem
2007-11-30 16:45:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and i did not do it to get caught......of course with no lights at night who knows.........;)
2007-11-30 18:44:51 · answer #10 · answered by 2A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋