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Banner plane pilot, 18, pulls off perfect emergency landing on New Jersey bridge after engine trouble
UK Daily Mail ^
| 07/19/2021
| Natasha Anderson
Posted on 07/19/2021 3:32:24 PM PDT by DFG
A teenage pilot conducted a successful emergency landing on a bridge in New Jersey after the small plane he was flying experienced engine trouble.
Officials say Landon Lucas, 18, managed to land the banner plane without injuring himself or others or causing damaging the aircraft.
Crews responded to reports of an emergency landing on the Route 52 causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point around 12.38pm Monday, FOX 29 reports.
Crews responded to reports of an emergency landing on the Route 52 causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point around 12.38pm Monday, FOX 29 reports.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:32:24 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
Good place to land...no wires or obstructions visible
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:34:30 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: DFG
And taxied to the shoulder — very impressive.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:37:10 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
They might have pushed there. Looks fairly light in weight.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:41:43 PM PDT
by
Pollard
To: DFG
Looks like a Piper Cub. If so, its the same airplane I learned how to fly when I was 16. MANY moons ago in Waukegan IL.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:42:11 PM PDT
by
teletech
(you)
To: Pollard
Good idea until a gust of wind pushes it over the edge. :-)
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:45:39 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Pollard
That kid's pretty big. Maybe he pushed it off to the side.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:46:33 PM PDT
by
Pollard
To: Larry Lucido
Good idea until a gust of wind pushes it over the edge. :-)Look at the water. Smooth, little wind. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3977453/posts?page=7#7
There's still one lane of traffic able to get through. Either he or the cops decided to do that and I wouldn't be surprised if it was him. He's big enough, has common sense and doesn't panic obviously. Car break down in the middle of the road, first instinct is to get it out of the way.
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:52:34 PM PDT
by
Pollard
To: frogjerk
Just lots of cars. amazing he didn’t hit one.
To: DFG
Looks like a civilian version of the WWII-era L-5?
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posted on
07/19/2021 3:55:15 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: teletech
Looking again, you’re probably right...
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:01:07 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Pollard
I know. I was in Road Runner/Coyote mode.
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:01:14 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: teletech
"Looks like a Piper Cub. If so, its the same airplane I learned how to fly when I was 16. MANY moons ago in Waukegan IL."
So did my brother on his sixteenth birthday at Hybla Valley Airport, Virginia in 1945. I was wondering if it was a Cub.
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:10:39 PM PDT
by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: DFG; SkyDancer
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:16:23 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:28:20 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Identify As Vaccinated)
To: DFG
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:45:32 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
07/19/2021 4:47:44 PM PDT
by
Pollard
To: Pollard
Not weird, just different.
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posted on
07/19/2021 5:03:19 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: Gene Eric
Prop appears to be too close to the guard rail for taxi, likely pushed.
To: Pollard
They might have pushed there. Looks fairly light in weight. One person can easily push a Cub or Super Cub.
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posted on
07/19/2021 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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