I want one! Hovering Cessna lands on freeway
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I want one! Hovering Cessna lands on freeway
More absolute tosh from the Daily Mail.
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Durousseau, 60 and a veteran pilot, flew his Cessna 172 four-seat aircraft beneath the Vista Boulevard bridge, hovered above the freeway and found an opening between westbound vehicles.
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I think the reporter meant to say: 'I bled off speed in ground effect whilst traffic reacted to the presence of the aircraft, before then landing on the road.'
I think 'hovered' is easier for the general public to understand. Lots of clues in the report.
I think 'hovered' is easier for the general public to understand. Lots of clues in the report.
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Another one of those tailwheel C172s I see...
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Maybe this was an attempt to describe the aircraft's speed relative to that of a following car. But this sort of thing is too complicated for the modern "mee-jar" to write.
I have been overtaken by a boat in a 172. Admittedly, it was a Super Cat in Storm Bay having a speed test (being driven by a nice guy called Bob, a regular in the "Shippies") into a strong wind. Actually, he left us for dead...
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I have been overtaken by a boat in a 172. Admittedly, it was a Super Cat in Storm Bay having a speed test (being driven by a nice guy called Bob, a regular in the "Shippies") into a strong wind. Actually, he left us for dead...
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