Posted on 04/29/2020 6:36:29 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Harrison Ford is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration after once again experiencing an aviation mishap.
Last week, the Star Wars actor, 77, was piloting a plane in Los Angeles when he crossed a runway at Hawthorne Airport, despite receiving radio instructions to stay back as another aircraft was landing.
Ford released a statement obtained by EW on Wednesday, saying the "runway incursion" was due to his misunderstanding of the orders and that luckily, no one was harmed.
"Mr. Ford crossed the airport's only runway in his aircraft after he misheard a radio instruction from ATC. He immediately acknowledged the mistake and apologized to ATC for the error," a representative for the actor said in the statement. "The purpose of the flight was to maintain currency and proficiency in the aircraft. No one was injured and there was never any danger of a collision."
A spokesperson for the FAA told EW the two planes were about 3,600 feet apart at the time.
"The FAA is investigating an incident in which the pilot of an Aviat Husky taxied across the runway at Hawthorne Municipal Airport Friday afternoon while another aircraft was performing a touch-and-go landing," the FAA spokesperson said.
This is not the first time Ford, an experienced pilot, has run into problems while flying. In 2017, he mistakenly landed his plane on a taxiway at the wrong Southern California airport, flying directly over an airliner that was preparing for takeoff.
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in order not to appear elderly, the elderly should start to realize their limitations and stop making fools of themselves.....
Too bad they didn’t spring for color film, would have been
glorious! Not that I like seeing any B-17’s destroyed, but if they’re gonna load it with drums of avgas, do it with style! ;)
“Hold Short” is not that hard to understand.
Han experiencing some ‘Imperial Entanglements’ here?
GROONK GRRRRR GROOOOONK!!!!
Chewie! Quit backseat flying!!!
I keep hearing that automated cockpit voice, “Pull up, Pull up...”
He’s going to get someone killed. He shouldn’t be flying.
The FAA goes after Bob Hoover and hounds him out of the sky, and let this dangerous turd keep flying for some reason.
It’s why people distrust and dislike bureaucracies.
“She’s fast enough for ya old man”!
I keep hearing “You’re too low, Ted! You’re too low!”
Ford landed his plane on the taxiway at John Wayne Airport back in 2017. He’s lucky he did not kill anyone, considering how busy JWA is.
My pilot buddy says Denver’s fuel tank selector was on the bulkhead behind his shoulder. 1) Seems like an odd place to put it, and 2) how could he not test it to make sure he could reach and operate it and if not, move it?
Yeah, but it was a golf course, so the FAA they gave him a mulligan on that one.
The Millenium Falcon needs to be grounded.
This is the second incident like this.
“Excuse me, sir, I thought exactly the opposite,” Ford responded”......
This explains why he is a democrat. They support the opposite of common sense.
I know for a fact that he’s flown into SNA many times. That was my home airport. In the phone call to the FAA, he said he was confused about an airliner movement on the ground and the tower’s warnings about wake turbulence. Ya, right. Time to retire, Ford.
35 posted on 4/29/2020, 7:09:11 PM by Ol’ Dan Tuc
Very scary. When he has his final screw up, h.opefully it will just be him in the crash.
“could be some good prescription drugs too. The hollywood docs give them out like candy!”
Yep!
Just because he can fly, doesnt mean he should. Personally if you can take away someones car at his age, you might want to rethink grandpa behind the yoke of a kamakazee flying machine. Maybe if he hits a jumbo jet And kills a few hundred they will change their minds!
Okay, but he did make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs ...
Trouble at home I guess. The man who had Princess Leia and Chewbacca isn’t satisfied with Ally McBeal.
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