opps that's not the landing strip

[Wes14]

[rod367th]

Originally posted by Nangleator
I have some questions (that no one here can answer, probably.)

Why does the first statie pull over the lucky car?  Why does he run after it when he pulls it over?

Why does the second statie have his hand on his gun?  Are people that land on roads normally dangerous?

 simple  state trooper knew plane coming in was waiting for it with lights on and white car passed his crusier when he was blocking road for plane to land. passing a stopped trooper blocking road no no

[rod367th]

this about same as when i was pulling 15'  hieght sign to NH   from shop in NY. had to pay for police escort thru bridges so i could go thru middle which were high spots that we knew were 15's or tad higher.4 times on trip had people pass police blocking lanes behind me . all 4 times cars got tickets.




Look at video when cop pulls out in middle highway only van in front of trooper then white car passes.

[rod367th]

Originally posted by rod367th
this about same as when i was pulling 15'  hieght sign to NH   from shop in NY. had to pay for police escort thru bridges so i could go thru middle which were high spots that we knew were 15's or tad higher.4 times on trip had people pass police blocking lanes behind me . all 4 times cars got tickets.




Look at video when cop pulls out in middle highway only van in front of trooper then white car passes.

2nd stateing had hand on gun to cover parnter chasing car.

[oldtard]

looks to me like the 2nd officer is turning up the volume of his radio,not un-snaping his gun but the vidoe is dark and hard to see.

[FBplmmr]

" Are people that land on roads normally dangerous? "

drug transporters sometimes use out of the way country roads to land(as opposed to an airport)

hence planes that don't land at an airport would be under some suspicion.

[69bee]

I was at the Fond Du Lac Co. fair watching the demolition derby when the plane flew over. I pointed it out to my brother and said it is a good thing he is close to the airport . I guess he was'nt close enough.

From what I have heard, the police did not know he was going to land on the highway. They were on sight for a broken down truck or something. He was very lucky to land safely because that highway has very heavy traffic.

As far as having his hand on his gun, that is probably a force of habit. Many officers have their hand on their gun whenever they are pulling over a car. If I were the officer I probably would have done the same.

[Boxboy]

Originally posted by Nangleator
So I am to assume the terrorists intended to land a rare warbird on a highway and step out with a gun to shoot at passing cars?

Jeez.  I'm glad this time it was a false alarm.

No you are to ASSUME nothing, the same as the police officers did.  They had zero info as to plane type I am sure at the time of the call.

[kotrenin]

Originally posted by Nangleator
I have some questions (that no one here can answer, probably.)

Why does the first statie pull over the lucky car?  Why does he run after it when he pulls it over?

Why does the second statie have his hand on his gun?  Are people that land on roads normally dangerous?

First of all the pilot would have radioed his troubles in to control and let them know he was landing on a road. The control tower or whoever is in charge would have let the troopers know where the plane was coming in and the rest was a bit of luck getting their in time.

The trooper left his car (probably with the e-lights on) to block the traffic from the plane.  He then ran after the "lucky car" because he didn't pull over when he saw the trooper in his rear view mirror instead kept driving (that's a big no-no, their getting a ticket.)


Its hard to see the second trooper's belt, but he may have been making sure the snap was secured on his side arm after getting out of his car. But I would bet that was actually his radio and he was adjusting the volume.  If you notice he has a chest strap that goes from his left hip over his right shoulder.  The extension mic is attached to his right shoulder with the strap.  I wear one of these radios at work and prefer it to hang off my left hip when i'm driving because of the seat belt and the center console.