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Old 11th Aug 2023, 11:31
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I have seen landing on a road reported more often in the US. The favoured technique seems to be landing with the traffic. The speed differential is low allowing the traffic behind to come to a halt if the aircraft makes a normal landing. The one wing into the oncoming traffic technique could have caused a major incident if oncoming traffic took avoiding action and collided with each other.
This piece of road is straight with no obstructions apart from the traffic.
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