Originally Posted by
Nick H.
Why are people condemning the pilot when they don't know the circumstances? First find out what his options were, how much traffic there was, were there bridges or signs in the way, why did he move to the centre of the road, etc. The RF6 has a stalling speed of 54 kts, so at least the speed differential with the traffic could have been minimised. It would have been possible to land without causing cars to crash. Which is exactly what happened.
It’s the result that matters and this pilot got down safely without hurting anyone else and causing very little damage so gets a thumbs up from me.
A stalling speed of 54kts is 62mph, hopefully he wasn’t much faster than this when he touched down or else the police might give him a speeding ticket!!