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PhilDernerJr
2009-04-22, 08:48 AM
Actually a very cool video, among the best I've seen for this kinda stuff. With audio!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=945_1240357993
Derf
2009-04-22, 09:56 AM
wow.... I would love to know what the problem was. Fancy Flyin he did there. Great post!
Fighting_falcon_51
2009-04-22, 03:51 PM
Wow, someone was looking out for them! What type of plane was that?
corellian21
2009-04-22, 05:50 PM
Wow,

Looks like he possibly had a-couple burst of fumes of fuel, just enough to make a safe landing, glad there both OK.
heeshung
2009-04-22, 06:57 PM
I think I read it's a SkyRanger homebuilt.
flyboy 28
2009-04-22, 07:12 PM
wow.... I would love to know what the problem was. Fancy Flyin he did there. Great post!

Looks to me like the engine quit.

:lol: (sorry, had to)
moose135
2009-04-22, 08:05 PM
Yes, it was a homebuilt SkyRanger. They were heading to Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, FL on Sunday morning:

http://www.theledger.com/article/200904 ... -Boulevard (http://www.theledger.com/article/20090420/NEWS/904205036/1410?Title=Engine-Out-Plane-Lands-On-Havendale-Boulevard)
Gerard
2009-04-22, 10:47 PM
Yes, it was a homebuilt SkyRanger. They were heading to Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, FL on Sunday morning:

http://www.theledger.com/article/200904 ... -Boulevard (http://www.theledger.com/article/20090420/NEWS/904205036/1410?Title=Engine-Out-Plane-Lands-On-Havendale-Boulevard)

Interesting while viewing the video and then later reading the above article I began to wonder if this was a staged stunt. Then I read the comments on the article and someone was thinking the same thing. Very convienent to have TWO cameras rolling by a professional
videographer with a website.
Just the cynic in me wondering.
cancidas
2009-04-22, 10:59 PM
Interesting while viewing the video and then later reading the above article I began to wonder if this was a staged stunt. Then I read the comments on the article and someone was thinking the same thing. Very convienent to have TWO cameras rolling by a professional
videographer with a website.
Just the cynic in me wondering.
i think it was funny how after landing they rolled to a stop in a gas station. will that homebuilt run on 87-octane mo-gas? anyway, staged or not that why we pilots exist, to get the thing on the ground when stuff goes wrong. i'll keep my judgement of good-pilot/ bad-pilot until i watch 'em auto-rotate down to the ground.
:mrgreen:

(phil, i think we need a smilie that ducks to avoid the veggies getting thrown)