Plane - emergency landing on US highway

He was shifting!
 
Great control, especially the overtaking on the central reservation!
 
im no pilot, nor do i know if that footage was sped up... i thought the pilot could of scrubbed off more of that speed since its control panels would probably be mechanical rather than assisted. granted we dont know how high the failure occurred or how long into the flight either. when i have been in small planes before i dont recall going that fast at landing. then again perspective may be off between being in the aircraft and watching cctv? hell he may of used the speed to try and get in that gap.. who knows!?
 
I remember sitting in a meeting in SA a few years ago, and we were talking about the US Airways flight that came down in the Hudson river. The client's Director of Operations was from the US and commented, slightly tongue in cheek, that he'd have tried to bring it in a bit closer to the bank to make the rescue easier. That was the cue for someone to jump in with a remark about 'armchair pilots'. Thing is, the guy was a former Colonel in the US Air Force with Vietnam combat experience, and a lot of civilian flight hours in executive jets behind him...he just smiled.
 
33L said:
im no pilot, nor do i know if that footage was sped up... i thought the pilot could of scrubbed off more of that speed since its control panels would probably be mechanical rather than assisted. granted we dont know how high the failure occurred or how long into the flight either. when i have been in small planes before i dont recall going that fast at landing. then again perspective may be off between being in the aircraft and watching cctv? hell he may of used the speed to try and get in that gap.. who knows!?
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I suppose that traffic merging in whatever dimension should match its speed with that of the other vehicles on the carriageway it's joining! ;)
 
MartynK said:
I to the bank to make the rescue easier.
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Whoah, careful! You've used two of the "economic crisis" trigger words already. Thank goodness you didn't mention the crew having to "bailout" or we'd be overrun with anarchists telling us to grow our own shoes or something.
 
His carbon footprint must be massive
 
I expect all the drivers will be along soon to moan about him not paying any 'road tax'.
 
33L said:
im no pilot, nor do i know if that footage was sped up... i thought the pilot could of scrubbed off more of that speed since its control panels would probably be mechanical rather than assisted. granted we dont know how high the failure occurred or how long into the flight either. when i have been in small planes before i dont recall going that fast at landing. then again perspective may be off between being in the aircraft and watching cctv? hell he may of used the speed to try and get in that gap.. who knows!?
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I mostly fly from a small local airstrip so I see small aircraft going in and out all the time. Those guys take off and land into the wind (unlike me ;)) and therefore their ground speed is reduced. I guess this pilot had no choice on wind direction with it being an emergency and air speed must be maintained to avoid a stall. Good on him for getting everyone safely back on the ground. It does look a little sped up though doesn't it?
 
Brian_of_Bozeat said:
I mostly fly from a small local airstrip so I see small aircraft going in and out all the time. Those guys take off and land into the wind (unlike me ;)) and therefore their ground speed is reduced. I guess this pilot had no choice on wind direction with it being an emergency and air speed must be maintained to avoid a stall. Good on him for getting everyone safely back on the ground. It does look a little sped up though doesn't it?
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I think you just hit the nail on the head. I completely forgot about landing into the wind. That would explain why they generally look slower under normal situations. They still have a good airflow over the wing.
 
MartynK said:
I remember sitting in a meeting in SA a few years ago, and we were talking about the US Airways flight that came down in the Hudson river. The client's Director of Operations was from the US and commented, slightly tongue in cheek, that he'd have tried to bring it in a bit closer to the bank to make the rescue easier. That was the cue for someone to jump in with a remark about 'armchair pilots'. Thing is, the guy was a former Colonel in the US Air Force with Vietnam combat experience, and a lot of civilian flight hours in executive jets behind him...he just smiled.
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Pilot or not, it's still easy to say what you'd have done when you weren't the one at the controls.
Captain Sullenberger undoubtedly saved a lot of lives that day.
 
viv1969 said:
Pilot or not, it's still easy to say what you'd have done when you weren't the one at the controls.
Captain Sullenberger undoubtedly saved a lot of lives that day.
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So? Most of us knew his background, and it was a tongue in cheek remark, as I said. I have a great deal of respect for Captain Sullenberger, and so does Colonel X, who was in a far better position than most people to understand just what he managed to do...
 
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