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Old August 16th 19, 12:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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Default Rough outlanding in high corn

On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:35:55 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 1:30:06 PM UTC-7, Jonathon May wrote:
At 16:19 15 August 2019, wrote:
On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 11:48:48 AM UTC-4,


wrote:
Miracle in the cornfield.

Nah, just a straightforward power-less landing. This was the real

"Miracle
in the cornfield":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...nes_Flight_232 \
It will need a big trailer for the retrieve


I've been on that airfield (for the MAKS airshow) and know the area
tolerably well. If they're lucky they might be able to just knock down a
few fences and tow it back.

The main problem would be if there was a stand of forest between.


There's another, bigger, problem: it was a wheels-up landing. The BBC
video clip is, for once, quite informative:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49355236