Gene Seibel wrote:
On Oct 30, 9:21 am, "Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote:
Have you ever done one? Have you ever looked at the area you were in
while driving down the road and asked if you could land safely there?
Ever tried to walk through a field of cotton, soybeans, tomatoes,
alfalfa, or ???? Do you know if there are furrows or irrigation rows?
How about trying to land in a field of corn? Ever tried to walk thru
one?
OK ...how about landing on a road. What about the road signs, wires,
bridges, poles, or other obstacles?

Grew up on a farm and am well aware of the terrain in many farm
fields. I have made two off airport landings. One in daylight on a
deserted gravel country road. The other was on a very, very dark night
and it's by the grace of God that we walked away. 30 seconds earlier
we'd have been in the trees and a minute earlier we'd have been in a
lake. We made it to a two lane highway where traffic was all going one
direction. Passed under a power line on roll out. No bridges, signs or
trees. Landing light burned out 10 seconds after turning it on the
next time.
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Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/
Because we fly, we envy no one.

I have had two - both in winter - both dead stick. One in a wheat field
and it was the smoothest landing I ever did. One in a cut corn field and
the farmer plowed 90* to my landing path. One of the roughest landings.
Nose strut was still good, though.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI