Pre-flight planning fail

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https://www.wsmv.com/news/man-lands...cle_d0884150-57d2-11e9-a594-2fe4dca90790.html

"The instructor was scheduled to participate in the career day at the school. He was going to fly his plane to the school as a display.

Apparently when he got near the school, he realized there was no place to land near the school. The pilot then decided to land on Highway 43, a five-lane highway, north of Lawrenceburg and then drove the plane to the school."​

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just a wild guess but i’m betting that whatever school at which that pilot teaches now has a vacancy to fill. good thing Hwy 43 isn’t a toll road.
 
Wow. I could possibly understand that in Alaska, but not in the Continental US. Even Tennessee!
 
I'm just happy it wasn't a Cirrus.
 
And this is one reason why we pilots can't have nice things...:frown2:
 
That’s one instructor that wasn’t giving a ——
 
Guess he used hand signals when he had to turn or stop...:rolleyes:
 
I thought this was going to be a link to The Onion...
 
with all the roadway landings these days maybe turn signals and brake lights should be required equipment
 
how 'bout just looking at a frickin' sectional. taking off without knowing where you're gonna land is pretty basic.
 
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