Originally Posted by
Nomad2
In the UK, George Cormack used to land his float equipped Cub on the grass at Cumbernauld, but he's a pretty experienced pilot really. I wouldn't fancy it.
I've been told by various floatplane instructors, as part of the normal briefing about what to do if the engine stops whilst we're flying over land:
- Go for the road (dirt track), you probably won't even damage the floats
- Well, if we have to land on this lava moonscape, at least the floats will absorb most of the energy as they disintegrate