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1 posted on 07/21/2021 6:12:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Outstanding!


2 posted on 07/21/2021 6:18:41 PM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Haywire...?

I know what means. Just haven’t seen or heard used in a serious context in decades.


3 posted on 07/21/2021 6:19:47 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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That’s a great headline:
Loses engine, what happens next is RIVETING!”


5 posted on 07/21/2021 6:21:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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150 lands at like 35 mph if into a decent headwind.

You could crash the dang thing an walk away bruised.


6 posted on 07/21/2021 6:27:05 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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What does “MSL” stand for? Some unit of altitude?


7 posted on 07/21/2021 6:29:07 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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WOW.....outstanding he kept his cool all the way down.


11 posted on 07/21/2021 6:37:16 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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Very impressive landing.

I wonder how he is going to get his plane out of that field.

12 posted on 07/21/2021 6:41:38 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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I’ve done that many times on flight simulator, I’ll bet it’s scary as hell in real life.


13 posted on 07/21/2021 6:43:32 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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Looks like he ran out of fuel. Both gauges are on E.


14 posted on 07/21/2021 6:46:31 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules
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16 posted on 07/21/2021 6:48:36 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=500>)
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Wow! He did a good job landing on that field.


19 posted on 07/21/2021 6:56:39 PM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle!)
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Beautiful dead stick landing in a grass field. Perfect.


20 posted on 07/21/2021 6:59:40 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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The thing about single engine planes is the single engine.


21 posted on 07/21/2021 7:01:24 PM PDT by Raul Raul
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My instructor used to chop power all the time.


22 posted on 07/21/2021 7:02:15 PM PDT by sasquatch
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Wow! Just watching and knowing he was going to be OK was riveting. His comment at the end was perfect!


28 posted on 07/21/2021 7:37:52 PM PDT by Exit148
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Wrong wrong wrong, as an experience pilot myself the best thing to do when the engine cuts out is to flap your arms outside the windows.


29 posted on 07/21/2021 7:47:02 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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I learned to fly in a 150 way back in the 1970’s. I can remember a drill where my instructor would shut off the engine at some safe altitude. He would make me pick out a landing area and start a glide down toward my spot. I don’t remember at what altitude we would turn the engine back on, but it was good training.


33 posted on 07/21/2021 8:05:48 PM PDT by Oldhunk
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He really did a good job.. Kept his head and brought his plane to a smooth landing!!! Outstanding!!


41 posted on 07/21/2021 10:54:41 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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If he was a student pilot, why was he flying solo?


42 posted on 07/21/2021 10:55:58 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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Excellent dead stick landing. The student is “Cool Hand Luke”
and a fine example.

His instructor deserves a pat on the back.My guess is that instructor is retired military.


46 posted on 07/22/2021 2:37:57 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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