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Title: "I uhh... think I missed the runway..."
Post by: wetrat on March 19, 2005, 05:04:21 PM

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/baseballplane.html

Title: "I uhh... think I missed the runway..."
Post by: paulobrien6969 on March 19, 2005, 05:32:37 PM

ouch  
that coulda really hurt

Title: "I uhh... think I missed the runway..."
Post by: eilif on March 19, 2005, 05:33:16 PM

"wow folks what an unbelievable occurance, we see planes all the time but not on the field"  

you think anyone came up with the idea to call 911 and not play word games about the poor pilot?

Title: "I uhh... think I missed the runway..."
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 21, 2005, 01:00:16 PM

Assuming the guy had nowhere else to go, it was an incredibly well done landing. Lnading on a crowded playfield without hurting anyone.:cool:

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Post by: eagl on March 22, 2005, 02:52:47 PM

High flare, firm touchdown, awesome touchdown point.  Dropping it in like that really reduced touchdown airspeed at the expense of increasing vertical velocity, but from the way it cartwheeled it looked like the plane was able to absorb the impact energy reasonably well.  He nursed it over all the fences but let it down before smacking the stands or whacking into the players.  I wonder if anyone standing right behind the fence got hit, but still it looked like a great effort.  The vid quality is low enough that I can't be sure, but it looked like the prop was stopped and he had a notch or two of flaps dropped, which is pretty much the right config for what he was trying to do (emergency landing on a playing field).

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Post by: frank3 on March 22, 2005, 03:28:22 PM

He was probably wondering who was winning

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Post by: FiLtH on March 22, 2005, 04:34:48 PM

Organized sports is da debil!

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Post by: lasersailor184 on March 22, 2005, 04:34:59 PM

LOL Everyone went to help BUT the announcer.


Is that William and Mary?

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Post by: Morpheus on March 22, 2005, 06:52:46 PM

Holly hell!

That was one hell of a landing given ths circumstances.