R.I.P. Scout26
And more than a little bit lucky.
"The chances of finding out what's really going on are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied. I'd far rather be happy than right any day.""And are you?""No, that's where it all falls apart I'm afraid. Pity, it sounds like quite a nice lifestyle otherwise."-Douglas Adams
Damn good piloting. As a soon-to-be mechanic, I wonder what the heck happened...
As a well experienced pilot, I can tell you. The doohickey ran out of stuff which caused the thingamabob to fail.
I hate it when you pilot-types get all technical. Try explaining it in layman's terms for the rest of us.
Airplanes are like computers, powered by wizards, magic, and gerbils.
That is pretty impressive however, it was much more impressive the first time it was posted. http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=19193.0
Kyle Davis, the pilot who landed his plane on a major Winter Haven, Florida street says this was not a stunt."I really was very, very upset that anybody would think that it was staged," said Davis. "You don't kid around about things like that. They're real, live emergencies."Davis was beginning a short flight from Winter Haven to Lakeland. His passenger is a videographer and had cameras set up, but just after take-off the engine cut out. It restarted briefly, then went out again. When he saw the open road with not too much traffic, Kyle made the decision to put the plane down on Havendale Boulevard. "When I landed on the street and I realized I hadn't damaged the airplane, anybody, I was okay, it was... it was incredibly relieving," said Davis. "It was a feeling like no other."After touching down, Kyle was cruising on the same road he usually drives to work on."He was just awesome. I hope if I ever have a situation like that I can be as cool as Kyle was." Davis eventually brought the plane to a stop in a parking lot. But it was 10:00 on a Sunday morning, so the furniture store wasn't open yet."I was incredibly, incredibly lucky," said Davis. "There was a whole, whole bunch of luck involved in this and maybe just a little, tiny little bit of experience." Davis says this is something he's trained for and hopes the video can teach others what to do in a similar situation. In the meantime, he is a bit of a folk hero now. "Our motto around the office now with Kyle is if you don't like the way he flies, stay off the road."
"Our motto around the office now with Kyle is if you don't like the way he flies, stay off the road."
Sans squirrel powered spinny thing, his craft seems to have a predictable glideI can't find what homebrew machine he was piloting...