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Posted on 08/04/2026 6:32:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
RICHFIELD, Wis. — A 69-year-old man flew a helicopter from the Rosendale area to a Cabela’s store in Richfield on Saturday evening because “the drive was too long,” the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
A sheriff’s deputy responded about 6 p.m. to a report that a helicopter had landed in the Cabela’s parking lot in the Village of Richfield.
The deputy contacted the pilot, a 69-year-old Rosendale man, who said he had flown to the sporting goods store. The drive from Rosendale to Richfield takes about 50 minutes.
The sheriff’s office said the pilot was properly licensed, landed safely and complied with all applicable Federal Aviation Administration regulations. He also answered the deputy’s questions about helicopter-landing requirements.
“We can honestly say this isn’t your everyday parking complaint,” the sheriff’s office said.
No arrests were made, and no violations were issued.
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Aviation Ping!..................🙄
He must have wanted that fishing rod pretty bad!!!!!!(Grin)
That could work at Farm & Fleet and Woodman’s, too! You’d be limited to Edgerton for Culver’s, as the other ones have parking lots that are too small.
This is the same type of helicopter used around here to haul tourists' butts around sightseeing for $100 a pop............
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Doesn’t top this https://www.chron.com/news/strange-weird/article/cop-pilot-land-helicopter-to-get-doughnuts-2056414.php
Memorable!
“Man does nothing wrong. Gets harassed by police anyway...”
-PJ
Didn’t there used to be a cabelas with a landing strip somewhere near albert lea, mn?
Wasn’t wrong. Should do it again.
Well, you know what they say about cops and doughnuts....LOL
I’m surprised Culver’s DOESN’T have a helicopter pad on the roof!
As long as he called the local tower with a flight plan he would be okay(I think).
Dean Kamen flies his helicopter from his house in Bedford, NH to downtown Manchester, NH to DECA(his company and building he owns) all the time. He calls into the tower at the Manchester airport prior to departure with his flight plan.
It is less than five miles.
Wasn’t he required to file a flight plan?
Stocking up on patriot supplies?
back when the only cabela’s within hundreds of miles was in Sidney, Nebraska, a dentist friend use to fly himself and some cop buddies from Broomfield, CO to there a coupel times a year ... i don’t think anybody thought anything of it ...
When I lived in Chicago, a number of people commuted from Wisconsin in their own private planes. Not every day but perhaps flying back and forth twice a week. I think they lived in communities with private landing strips and then had private hangars in the airport in Chicago.
Could have been worse.
“For a while I didn’t have a car... I had a helicopter... no place to park it, so I just tied it to a lamp post and left it running.”
Steven Wright
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