Now THIS is a short field landing

Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html

"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html

A student towing a banner?

One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."

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"Jim Fisher" wrote in news:BKn5c.11686$zP2.4921
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"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html

A student towing a banner?

One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."


Course a quick check of landings pilot database turned up a Glenn Meleen
who's CFI. Could be a coincidence but that last name is not too common and
it's the only Mellen in the records.

I presume that he meant student at ERAU. The "student" could be a
junior or senior with a commercial ticket.

Jim Fisher wrote:
"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html


A student towing a banner?

One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."



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"Jim Fisher" wrote in message ...
"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html

A student towing a banner?

One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."

Not really. It's quite possible to have a commercial rating and still
be a student at Embry-Riddle (which is what the article actually
said).

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

John Harlow wrote:

Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

Mine is an extended cab Nissan, and the roof is a bit over four feet long.

George Patterson
Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would
not yield to the tongue.

No need to presume. The article clearly states that the pilot is a
student at Embry-Riddle, not that he is a student pilot.

While journalists often get aviation facts wrong, this is plainly a
case of the reader not being able to comprehend what was written.

Dan Truesdell wrote in message ...
I presume that he meant student at ERAU. The "student" could be a
junior or senior with a commercial ticket.

Jim Fisher wrote:
A student towing a banner?

One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."

John Harlow ) wrote:

Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...382451-ap.html

Theoretically, wouldn't a moving truck's cab provide an unlimited length
landing area?

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Peter R. wrote in message ...

Theoretically, wouldn't a moving truck's cab provide an unlimited length
landing area?


As long as the truck is moving at the same speed as the plane. I
remember seeing an airshow stunt that had a Cub or Champ landing on a
wooden platform mounted on top of a truck, then taking off again.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)