There is a rather nice story from the 50s or 60s of a Beverley coming into land at night and in poor weather at RAF Dishforth, the main runway of which parallels the A1. Just before breaking cloud, Dishforth suffered a total power failure and was left without radio or lights.
As the aircraft broke cloud, the captain noted he was slightly to the right of Runway 34. A slight jink was all that was required and a perfect landing followed....on the A1 northbound.
There was little the captain could then do except brake to a halt stopping just before the roundabout which then existed. Soon afterwards a civilian police car arrived at the front of the aircraft. The captain opened a cockpit window to talk to the concerned police constable who, when he found out the that aircraft had just landed, asked:
"So what are you going to do now?"
"The after-landing checks," said the Beverley captain.