NC Pilot Cleared for Takeoff Joined Jan 19, 2006 Messages 1,454 Location NC Display Name Display name: NC Pilot May 4, 2007 #1 to the ground... http://www.clipaday.com/videos/luckiest-pilot-ever
gibbons En-Route Joined Feb 12, 2005 Messages 3,385 Location Rogers, Arkansas Display Name Display name: iRide May 4, 2007 #2 too damn close.
EdFred Taxi to Parking Joined Feb 25, 2005 Messages 30,380 Location Michigan Display Name Display name: White Chocolate May 4, 2007 #3 Ground effect baby!! Gotta love ground effect!
astanley En-Route Joined Feb 23, 2005 Messages 3,389 Location EGGX <-> CZQX Display Name Display name: Andrew Stanley May 4, 2007 #4 Wow... that is just plain old scary.
mikea Touchdown! Greaser! Gone West Joined Feb 12, 2005 Messages 16,975 Location Lake County, IL Display Name Display name: iWin May 4, 2007 #5 <Pee-Wee Herman voice> Meant to do that! </Pee-Wee Herman voice>
drafttek Pre-takeoff checklist Joined Feb 2, 2007 Messages 113 Location Taunton, MA but fly 1b9 Display Name Display name: Doug May 4, 2007 #6 He actually got an announcer to stop talking. No small feat in itself.
bjohnson Line Up and Wait Joined Nov 11, 2006 Messages 652 Location Chattanooga, TN Display Name Display name: Mooney Driver May 4, 2007 #7 WOW!! He or She almost ate grass for lunch.
SkyHog Touchdown! Greaser! Joined Feb 23, 2005 Messages 18,431 Location Castle Rock, CO Display Name Display name: Everything Offends Me May 4, 2007 #8 Maybe it wasn't luck....maybe the pilots just that damn good.... Heh, no way, that was pure luck. Good think it was a retract.
Maybe it wasn't luck....maybe the pilots just that damn good.... Heh, no way, that was pure luck. Good think it was a retract.
kevin47881 Final Approach Joined Sep 6, 2005 Messages 6,216 Location Middle Tennessee Display Name Display name: Time to fly! May 4, 2007 #9 Dang, I just about had to clean out my drawers just from watching. I can't imagine getting any closer and not making contact.
Dang, I just about had to clean out my drawers just from watching. I can't imagine getting any closer and not making contact.
Richard O Pre-takeoff checklist Joined Oct 27, 2006 Messages 259 Location Marietta, GA Display Name Display name: Richard O. May 4, 2007 #10 drafttek said: He actually got an announcer to stop talking. No small feat in itself. Click to expand... I kinda half expected the announcer in a high pitched voice..."OH SHEEEET".
drafttek said: He actually got an announcer to stop talking. No small feat in itself. Click to expand... I kinda half expected the announcer in a high pitched voice..."OH SHEEEET".
Ken Ibold Final Approach Joined Feb 21, 2005 Messages 5,888 Location Jacksonville, Florida Display Name Display name: Ken Ibold May 4, 2007 #11 Anybody check the prop blades after landing?
Patch Pre-takeoff checklist Joined Apr 16, 2007 Messages 194 Location Oklahoma Display Name Display name: Patch May 5, 2007 #12 If he had a radar altimeter, it would've read zero.
bbchien Touchdown! Greaser! Joined Feb 13, 2005 Messages 12,915 Location Bolingbrook, IL Display Name Display name: Bruce C May 5, 2007 #13 ...sh_t!......
J JRitt Line Up and Wait Joined Dec 15, 2005 Messages 678 Location Clarksville TN Display Name Display name: JRitt May 5, 2007 #14 I'm glad its not my job to clean out that cockpit or do his laundry..
mikea Touchdown! Greaser! Gone West Joined Feb 12, 2005 Messages 16,975 Location Lake County, IL Display Name Display name: iWin May 5, 2007 #15 Notice how he did the victory roll to celebrate still being alive. I think it would have been more prudent to gingerly land the plane and check for damage.
Notice how he did the victory roll to celebrate still being alive. I think it would have been more prudent to gingerly land the plane and check for damage.
Let'sgoflying! Touchdown! Greaser! Joined Feb 23, 2005 Messages 20,423 Location west Texas Display Name Display name: Dave Taylor May 5, 2007 #16 1/2HP less and it mighta been all different! (I assume in this maneuver, one is pouring the coals to it.)
1/2HP less and it mighta been all different! (I assume in this maneuver, one is pouring the coals to it.)