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(Funny) Single-engine plane makes hard landing in Florida neighborhood
His Cirrus SR20 plane hit some mailboxes, small trees and a fence. No one was injured in the landing. "He said, 'We land here all the time ... this is Pilot Country.' And I'm like, 'No. It's not. This is a horse community and you got them mixed up,'" Torro recalls. (www.wtsp.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Normally we do not line the runway with mailboxes.....LOL! glad nothing but pride was hurt here. I think you shouldnt be allowed to used a GPS til you have 250 hours PIC
I have about 100 hours, and the airplane I flew doesn't even have a GPS. I do have to wonder why any primary student pilot would be allowed to use a GPS; it's literally training them to be overreliant on one navigational instrument. Besides, the VOR's and ADF's really are not exactly all that difficult to use in the first place. I think a GPS could make a valuable supplementary tool, and if I ever get my own aircraft, I'll consider investing in one, but it's not a substitute for the pilot!
i agree a million percent. we had kln-90's when i was earning my private and it was always turned off. we are training a generation of computer programmers that will have no idea how to get home if the lights go out. i don't care how advanced cockpits become every pilot should be trained with a sectional, an e6b, and dead reckoning flying is too serious of a business to not be a master of all aspects of flying and navigation.
Here is a Google Map that shows the road he landed on (marked as "A"). You can see the runway to the west of it.
http://lnk.nu/maps.google.com/1utw
http://lnk.nu/maps.google.com/1utw
By looking at the road compared to the runway I don't see how he could have gotten the mixed up.
gotta get that WAAS upgrade chief!
What an idiot! How did he ever get a license, that's what I say. Now I could may be understand if he was flying in low fog. But come on, I don't think GPS could have messed you up, and have been off by 3 miles. I think somethine else is the culprit here (Drugs?). aha. FUNNY!!