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Old 3rd Mar 2011, 22:56
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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I wonder what the legal (FAA or European equivalent) implications would be if you made a landing like that and nobody got hurt?
Who cares? "Worry about the lawyers" comes a long way down the list, well behind all of aviate - navigate - communicate.

If you're confident your airframe is sound and you've got many minutes' fuel do a normal non-radio join (ignore any red lights or fireworks and just land). Otherwise go straight for the runway.

At my local airfield one would then be met by the fire engine at the nearest intersection. (Mind you, I do wonder whether the fire crew get bored and like driving around for practice, they've been out twice for me (that I've noticed) when I really didn't need them.)
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