.Evan. Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/plane-lands-on-melbourne-freeway-20120611-205gp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit12 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I must admit to having looked at that freeway as a possible runway if needed a few times! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owi Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Good on him, mates! A great outcome. But, by the amount of attention they received, it seems that it was a quiet news day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 There's already a thread on this http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/what-is-there-to-investigate.40381/ Certainly a lot more serious than a quiet news day given the thick blanket of fog around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 From Rosebud? thats my old home town. sad to say born and bread in Rosebud,,Can't help but wondering if they got a weather report before taking off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Lol.."done exactly the right thing".... Perhaps staying in bed would have been 'more' right...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It's all been said before, but you are rarely "forced" to take-off, and you will inevitably come back to earth one way or another. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owi Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 There's already a thread on thishttp://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/what-is-there-to-investigate.40381/ Certainly a lot more serious than a quiet news day given the thick blanket of fog around Oops! Perhaps I should've checked for duplicate threads and read over them first... Agree with a lot of sentiments expressed but they all depend on what really transpired in the beginning. Regardless of any implied lack of up front planning, considerations, etc. on his part, my opinion is simply that it's good that the pilot and his passenger made it back to terra-firma safely. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 From Rosebud? thats my old home town. sad to say born and bread in Rosebud,,Can't help but wondering if they got a weather report before taking off? Same here.But I left Rosebud in 1975 at the ripe old age of 5 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Same here.But I left Rosebud in 1975 at the ripe old age of 5 years old. Ahh Dazza and flyerme, Knew there was something good about you too, ex Mexicans, guess you got to go north and help them out up there, try convincing them that daylight savings wont change the cows milking time or fade the curtains with that extra hr of daylight. Fellow Meccicanno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Better landing on the freeway that landing in the cemetry. Hopefully a valuable lesson they learnt. Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchroll Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Love to see what the ARFOR and TAFs were like that morning. Nice and cool? Temp & dewpoint almost the same? Just a whiff of a light breeze? The look on the pilot's face in the newspaper article is interesting. But I'm glad it ended well for them, all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Where I was a few hundred metres away, you could add to that observing pretty much all the cars with their lights still on mid morning and disappearing into the distance, and no horizon for 360 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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