@@AbstractObserver bare minimum? The acft didn't get a scratch, no car accidents, I assume most undies were still clean....I think he maxed out the achievement award.
@@tomdavis3038 He lost his engine. Brah. A number of Ace's have landed, crashed in many places, including roads. That time a First World War flying ace crash landed on a Calgary Stampede carousel.
Situational awareness for most people on the planet does not exist. Looking at it having the advantage of hindsight and knowing what your looking for is not the reality in most cases. Combine that with everyday distracted driving. Here's a test, pull alongside someone at a traffic light. Try to get them to put their window down and tell them you THINK they have a brake light out. See how long it takes for them to notice you, AND comprehend what you want them to do AND respond to you. Now, take that, add 70mph, on a curve, and throw in a plane coming at them, something you just not expecting to see, like an airplane. Situational awareness is something you should try to improve on everyday. It might save a life.
It takes a hot second to stop from 70, and a plane coming around the next bend and landing on the road is not on most people's radar in terms of hazards. And, of course, from the perspective of the plane, with its forward movement, those cars look faster than they are. tl:dr the drivers are fine, internet crybabies notwithstanding.
Some advice I learned while boating. To tell if someone is on a collision course or not, compare the other vehicle's location to a fixed point on your own vehicle (i.e. window frame, antenna, etc.). If the other vehicle appears to be moving toward the back of your vehicle, it will pass behind you. If it appears to be moving forward, it will pass in front of you. If it appears to not be moving, then you will arrive at the same point at the same time (crash). Of course, this only applies if both vehicles maintain their current speed and direction.
Works well in a car or a plane too. Find a spec on your windshield near the oncoming object and if the object doesn't move in relation to that spec, you are on a collision course. In a car it works well when you are travelling on a highway and a car is approaching the highway from a side road. It'll instantly tell you if you are going to meet up at that intersection and to be on the lookout for the other car to slow down because if he doesn't you will collide.
@@wally7856 Genuinely asking, is this not just something you can gauge by looking at the car? With boats it makes a little more sense with fewer reference points. But while driving you are bombarded with referance points lol.
@@cherriberri8373 You are driving South at 70 mph, car approaching intersection 1.5 miles up ahead at 60-80 mph (you don't know, he's going fast) perpendicular from the West, if he fails to slow down or stop at the intersection (farmers do this ALL the time on their dirt roads crossing over highways) , this is how from far away you can tell if you are on a collision course. Yes look at the car but take the 0.5 seconds to line him up with a spec of dust on your window and observe.
Thanks for your clear explanation. It can cause issues when driving towards cross roads and both vehicles are traveling at the same speed. If the other car is in your blind spot it will always be in your blind spot until it's so close/big that you finally (if you are lucky) see it.
We had a Cessna that had to do an emergency landing last year in the field next to the Interstate. I was on the interstate, saw the plane coming down in my rearview (that was scary). I thought they were going to land on the interstate. Last minute decision and they went for the field. When I drove back through there was a hay truck in the field with the plane and pilot and they had the 'hood' opened. It was there for a week because I drove by the next weekend and it was still there, and they had put up a tarp tent to work on it in the rain. It had taken off by the time I went through a 3rd time, but I looked in the field...and the farmer had put a windsock out in the middle of the field. He now keeps a wide strip open at all times and hays around it. HAHA! Only in a rural state! 🤣 Have a great week everyone!
You totally get the feeling this person was on the bleeding edge of what the plane would tolerate, had to be fighting the pedals hard! Truly an amazing save, I don't think they could have done a single thing better.
As a young child (back in 1968, aged 9) my grandfather treated the whole family to a cruise around the Med. We had to fly from Gatwick to Nice in the south of France (on a Brittania turbo prop 4 engine ) Being the first time flying -I was excited ,but also nervous as there had been plane crashes on the news, so on boarding I asked the man with gold epaulettes and white shirt "how often does this type of plane crash please sir?" he smiled and said in a broad scots accent " Dinna you worry son-it just the once!) That made me feel great, and can still remember every thing about that flight.
Why does UA-cam terrorize with a description of a crash landing, when it’s only an engine failure resulting in a safe emergency landing? They been doing this more and more. Very skillful pilot…BRAVO!
Hey I love your videos thanks for covering my landing my heart was racing watching it again and you nailed all the points and what it felt like going through it. I have the full video from take off to landing and yes i did make it off to the side road 😊.
lol I'll often watch the event first, then immediately rewind to pay attention to Kelsey's face. Agreed pure internet gold! (But Kelsey if you read this, don't fake it. That will ruin it.)
As someone who grew up around and involved with aviation, I'm always looking for an airplane, truck, car, deer, tractor, ATV, dog, cat, etc. I applaud those who maintain situational awareness.
Chuck Yeager once said "If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing." 🤟
As a driver on the roads who has absolutely no cause to be looking above him for "pilots" selfishly making attempts to land their planes amidst cars on roads, I focus my attention where it is required to be: on the road and vehicles ahead of me. The idea that a driver should be dividing his attention between the road and the air is absurd.
@@lllmmm3572 Absurd, yes, but pilots forced to land on a roadway are NOT BEING SELFISH! If you drive staring at the road and not keeping your head on a swivel, you're not driving well.
@@lllmmm3572a plane could fall out of the sky onto your car anyways, an unexpected thing happening on the road in front of you - even if it's a plane suddenly appearing - is what one should be doing at all times when driving. Thus, it's only a selfish driver who would not be prepared for a plane to make an emergency landing on a road.
@@toomanyhobbies2011 No, you need to look at the vehicle codes and see where your attention is required to be. It is not above you. Again, the idea that drivers should somehow be dividing their attention between the ground and the sky is absurd. The roads are made for cars. Furthermore, they are absolutely being selfish if people are present on the road. They have the choice to attempt a landing, or crash their plane, elsewhere and not risk harming others. They are not being forced to land on the road. They are choosing to land on the road.
Outstanding! I've been there. We blew a rod at around 500' AGL right after take off in a Grumman AA-1B once. At 5-600 feet there are only seconds, obviously. Hard right bank, flew right under some very high-voltage power lines, narrowly missing tearing the tail off, or being electrocuted. All that was available was a small, two-lane Hwy N.E. of ATX. Naturally, it was 5 o'clock traffic. The lanes were literally the exact dimension of our wingspan... no margin for error with a Semi-truck dead ahead at our 12! The best part (other than surviving) was somehow finding a spot to fit in traffic, missing the semi by a few inches, and finally, with what after-roll was available, we "taxied" into a big beer distributor. The canopy went back, I checked my flight suit for a possible code-brown, and as tongue and cheek as possible said, it's "Miller Time"! (It happened to be a Miller distributor). I always thought it would be a million-dollar advert! So, hats off to you, brother! Especially, landing into the curve with; both, the G-load going into the curve, and those hoopty brakes the 172 has! K, I love your channel!
Why crosswind landings are so important to learn. Enables you to get really good on riding on one wheel and making those sharp turns and man that code brown moment of barely missing the powerlines!
Today I learned from an airline pilot that I should be afraid when it's a clear day out, not when it's stormy, because pilots aren't paying attention. Thanks Kelsey!
It does totally make sense though. When you're driving, are you more focused on the road going 60 on a sunny calm day on a road you know, or when everybody's going 40 because you can barely see through the rain and your wipers?
it is always the same though, like you are far more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a road accident within 7 miles of your home, unless you pay the same amount of attention every time you go outside your front door, and drive a vehicle, as you do when the weather is extremely bad outside. complacency is a real killer.
@@michaelthomas3646 The seven miles thing could also just be the usual vicinity people are in 90% of the time, skewing the data. Meaning you aren't safer or less observant but much more likely to be in this vicinity when an accident occurs.
Kelsi - I love your honesty about prior **** ups. Retired Air Force pilot. Done many of the mistakes you talk about. Good man, as it lets junior/new pilots know what to look out for.
Springfieldian here, I can confirm that Brad Pitt used to live a street down from my grandma, but also my friends grandma, and his aunt and uncle, his dog's sisters brother cousin's sibling, and everyone knows his parents, sees him shopping at Hy-Vee on Battlefield. It's amazing that he's lived in multiple houses every where around Springfield.
I worked at that Hyvee in the produce department from 2014-2018 and I never saw him myself or heard about him coming in. Definitely not saying your wrong, all I’m saying is that I’m really disappointed if I missed a chance to meet him lol😅
@@pjcanfield8 I think it’s more of the fact that people want to feel “included” that they saw him and just make up stories lol. I’ve seen him once driving his Urus down Campbell near Sam’s. A lot of my high school teachers at Kickapoo said they taught him and are good friends with his mom and dad 😂
A few years ago I drove from NJ to Orlando. As we were on I-4 coming into Orlando, we end up in a 2 hour traffic jam. When we finally reached the source we saw that a Cessna 172 had landed on the SOFT median between the 2 sides of the interstate. For that pilot to NOT hit a soft spot, ditch or culvert was simply amazing. The traffic was all from rubbernecking looking at the plane ✈ and the NOT-accident that it was in. Thank you for this, and all your other, videos. Very enlightening.
Regarding the cars that didn't seem like they were trying to get out of the way, I think we also have to account for the shock and newness of the situation for the drivers. When faced with a completely new, dangerous situation, we often "freeze." As a generic coping mechanism, that's not necessarily wrong. More often than not, it may save us from making a bad situation worse.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. It takes just a bit too long for the human psyche to adapt to a completely novel situation. The inputs are there, but they don't register cognitively soon enough.
Yep. I've been there myself, so I know how it goes. You think you know what you're seeing. You're pretty sure but it's not supposed to be where it is. A plane would certainly qualify. Then it's okay, it''s a plane. It's here so it's in trouble. What is it going to do next and how soon?
As a delivery driver, I was super impressed by the pickup truck that saw what was happening and stopped. Whoever was driving that truck was very much paying attention!
While looking at this from the point of view of the cars, the plane was coming in while on the curve so maybe they didn't see the plane until it got very close, not sure though.
Worse than that, it's complete disregard for everyone including themselves. Passed two wrecks this morning on the interstate after a light dusting of snow, both SUVs in the passing lane not plowed yet ended up in the wire guardrail, in a hurry to get nowhere.
While I agree with Ed, I am a truck driver and see it all the time, I think these cars were reacting reasonably quickly to an incongruous situation. Would love to see an overhead shot of when they could see the plane and how much they moved out of the way.
@@jameswarkentin2798 Yeah, I agree. You have to imagine that you're driving down the road as usual and suddenly there is a plane landing in front of you. It takes time for your brain to process this situation that you have never encountered, and likely never seriously considered. Then you have to assess what to do, and then you have to do it.
@@jameswarkentin2798 The speed limit on US 19 (the one in the video) is 55 mph and that's the stall speed of that plane so that blue car was busting the limit by a good margin
If you ever take off or land at an airport where skydivers are jumping, you might see them take a knee just short of a runway or taxiway if they see an airplane approaching… either on the ground or in their landing pattern. This is a communication method telling the pilot that we see them and we aren’t going to dart across the tarmac or anything crazy like that.
As someone who was trained to do airfield driving in the military, you NEVER get on the runway without prior clearance, be it radio or light gun signal. I only went onto the runway twice. Once from moving part of an aircraft from the area beyond the fence to the boneyard (it was a simulated crash exercise we were cleaning up from) and we had folks from Base Ops as a 'follow me' vehicle until we cleared the runway which had been shut down during that movement. The second time was when I had to pick up an aircrew who had a hot brakes incident upon landing and were unable to taxi clear of the runway. I sat at the hold line until I was marshaled to come on to pick up the crew and their gear. Other than that, always stuck to the taxiways of the 'vehicle only' areas of the flightline.
The "little things" that many take for granted everyday, volume no. 1: Healthy and strong rotator cuffs. It seems like pilots of Boeing 747's have quite a few flight controls and switches overhead, possibly moreso than most other commercial aircraft (?). And, snow and ice pavement conditions have claimed their share of torn rotator cuffs, which can ONLY be repaired surgically, and grow worse if untreated and unrepaired! Here's to you having healthy ones, and many thanks for devoting your time to the making of excellent UA-cam programming for us! Still wondering if Rice University is one of your alma maters. . .
Its more often people going way above the speed limit passing in the right lane because they came up from behind quickly and are too impatient to let the other car scoot over than it is someone snailing about in the left lane.
I’m mostly impressed with the attention payed by the drivers. I am a truck driver dealing with other drivers all day. Most don’t have a clue what is going on around them
The first pilot is so impressive! Landing while banking on the right tire also likely helped pull him more to the right, following the curve of the road.
This reminds me when I was a kid in the 80's my dad built planes (13 of them) and flew them out the field beside our house. Despite many hours of engine testing there was several times he had to make emergency landings in corn fields, cow pastures and yes a few back roads. All successful with minimal damage. He would usually just fix the problem then fly it back home. When flying with my dad said he was always looking for a place to land just in case. If your wondering, these were fully enclosed 2-seat mini planes with a snow mobile engine, not the open seat ultra lights. He also had a "Second Chance" parachute attached to the plane to safely bring it down but never had to use it.
@@computerjantje now you got me curious. Just looked it up also. its spelled SECOND CHANTZ and only 4000 was sold. not sure why didn't sell more. maybe it was ahead of its time. Nowdays there are not that many private pilots around.
@@PickledHam the Cirrus company produces planes with inbuilt parachutes, so still available as an option. There seems to have been mixed reaction online to them. The pilots I have discussed them with tended to think that if it's just an engine failure you don't need a parachute unless you don't know how to control your aircraft properly so it's just additional weight. It's not something I have strong feelings about as I'm unlikely to ever be in a Cirrus aircraft. I'm not convinced the number of GA pilots has gone down much, still plenty of students around where I live.
I've never thought private planes should have a horn until now. 😮 At least the pilot nailed it despite light traffic and a very scenic curving road. 👍🏻
In an emergency, I never think of sounding the horn, I am too busy with solving the problem. I amazes me, how many people ignore the problem, and go straight for the horn, as if it will solve everything.
I think some Cessna's have something that resembles a horn. If I'm not mistaking Kelsey once made a video on it, or there's at least a video in which you can hear it.
I am honest;ym impressed at how well the plane still corners with those little tires and literally "upforce" instead of downforce. I fully expected it to understeer into the grass. Pretty smooth landing!
Let me tell ya Kelsey, someone from Springfield telling you about a Brad Pitt story about how their family member or neighbor knew him in some way is the most authentic Springfield experience right up there with Mega-Baptist church’s, Cashew Chicken, & meth lmao. Hell even a good friend of mine even told me her mom dated him for a period in high school when they were both going to Kickapoo. But also I can’t believe I didn’t heard about this near miss in the news. The few times I’ve flown at SGF have always gone really smoothly and the tower ATC is really great at handling student pilots along with everything else that happens there. It’s scary to hear about something like this hit so close to home! I’m just glad no one was hurt and everyone can learn a lesson from it! Anyways I’ve enjoyed watching your channel for years now especially the viral debriefs. You do such a great just of communicating complex topics to the general public in such a digestible way and it’s always great to see your witty personality shine through! Keep it up man!!
Fun fact: When the US Interstate Highway System was first proposed in the late 50s, one of the specifications (because of the Cold War with the Soviet Union) was that every so many miles there had to be a stretch of road straight and flat enough to serve as a makeshift runway in case regular airstrips were incapacitated. 😎
That sounds like the hotel van driver we had in SGF. We stayed at the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center. He would always tell crazy stories, and some times take us by different routes to show us interesting things.
This happened only a couple hours away from where I live in North Carolina. I remember seeing it on the local news and I also remember seeing the pilot doing a interview with the local news station
Always enjoy these videos Kelsey! Thank you for all your hard work. Since daylight savings time just now started, I only had to wait 167 hours (instead of 168 hours) for my weekly dose of Kelsey, 😁👍✈️
Landed on Highway 19 in North Carolina. Found to be a clogged fuel line and took was able to take off from the highway after being moved to a straight section via Rollback truck.
You have the same thought processes that some professional climbers I was exposed to in my youth. Everyone is human and the more skeptical everyone is makes for better results. Clear communication is hugely huge. 👍
Here in Australia the Royal Flying Dr Service has airstrips as part of the highway, and they are not as wide as this one either. When a plane is coming in to land on the highway they radio the local police, who then shut the highway for the aircraft to land. It's an awesome sight, and my love goes out to the amazing people of the RFDS for keeping those in remote communities healthy. I'm sure anyone reading this here who is a pilot in a hot dry environment can appreciate the challenges involved. I'm not a pilot so can only speculate about those challenges from speaking to pilots.
You actually only highlighted the second set of powerlines. The first powelines are visible just after we first hear the tires hitting the road. It was actually quite a close call avoiding those.
I think thats why he decided to land so soon even tho the car was still right beside him, otherwise he probably could have glided farther and let the driver see him clearly before touching down, it was more than luck for sure
The plane did coast off the road. This happened just outside Bryson City, nc. I've driven that many times, and what you can't appreciate is just after the curve is a tremendous down hill run to the side road. There is a part 2 video where the police escorted him taxing to another nearby Hiwaay (towards Fontana) to take off.
The animations & editing on this video is really impressive! Wow. I could never….. I can’t even use photo shop! I can just about trim the end off a video on my iPhone and that’s it 😂 Your editor’s skills are pristine. 👍🏻
I looked up the near miss at SGF and the van was three employees heading to an airport barbecue 😂 in hindsight, knowing everyone is okay, that’s hilarious 😂
That was very impressive! Though what's not impressive is that I believe he actually ran out of gas, not an engine failure so... bitter-sweet and if it was a fuel thing this person should not be flying at all, this too easily could have been a horror story.
During 1971 I was station at the now closed (oldest air force base in Michigan); Selfridge AF Base with 5th Army Forward area support....the Army ran base housing and we had "Wives in waiting" apartments for women and children who's military partners were over seas (Mostly Vietnam) and most know nothing about military operations! On the main big runway they had these massive gates at the interior base road side where the trucks could open to clear snow or clean...what ever.... one day an older woman who was a military dependent got confused and turned from the run right onto the runway in her car and just kept driving. As I said in the past; my office was within eye site of the main runway. The tower saw her and had to shut the runways down, while the MP's had two cars chasing after her.... it was the talk of the base for days...thank goodness I wasn't his Sargent...LOL ... I have flown with my Dad for years and he was always so professional in his little "piper cub"... I don't think he never lost an engine though.
Really appreciate the explanation on the clear left/clear right thing. I never understood why my Dad asked me (he was a Captain for years in military and commercial) and even when I said, "Yah you're clear/good" he would still look. Sometimes as a kid I got annoyed why he'd ask if he was driving. This video and your explanation now really hits home. My Dad never explained this to me, I think it was just how he operated and everyone else was supposed to pick up on it (in his mind lol). OR he did but as a kid you're dumb and think you know everything and don't listen lol.
In Australia some of the roads have runway markers on the for the flying doctor. The flying doctor has put a video of a king air landing on a road. They have the local emergency services close the road.
Also down the length of the A1 in the southern part of Australia, sections of this desert highway are converted into massive emergency runways for the military and anyone unlucky to need them. These runways could easily accomodate an A380. Definitely slightly nerveracking, despite the chances of a plane landing way out there was pretty much nil.
Kelsey i just wanted to say your an inspiration. i have recently found your channel and have binge watched all of your viral debrief and ATC vs Pilot vids. the amount of knowledge you have and your approach to situations is educational and fun and full of wisdom. i have always had a love for aviation but have always been scared of trying it out for myself. both my uncle and cousin were bush pilots in indonesia and both lost their lives doing what they love. but your videos have made me want to fly again. i dont know if i will ever get the courage to learn to fly myself, who knows maybe i will maybe not. but you are an inspiration and a role model. thank you for doing what you do.
Almost 40 years ago I was flying a Cessna from West Plains Mo to Great Bend Kansas while transitioning just south of Springfield airport (talking to approach control) I noticed I was almost in direct line with the active when I did a no no and switched to tower frequency with out permission. I heard tower clear a C130 for straight in approach, 6 miles at 3000 feet. Since I was just over 5 miles in a Cessna 150 at 2500 foot I immediately called tower. Tower responded with "Cessna dive". High wing plane had hid the C1é0 from me and since I was below him his nose hid me. I shoved nose forward and almost instantly his wing went over my windshield. The controller admitted to forgetting about me, moral of story the van had been cleared by ground controller and the plane by the tower. A controlled airport can cause it's own problems and ever since that day I think I am even more observant at controlled airports than any other because the clearance can give a false sense of security
This guy landed in Swain County, North Carolina. It was all in the local news here in NC. Yes, he did make it to the little side road so he could be clear of traffic. Love your videos.
At Owls Head, Me...a pickup struck a c172's elevator while x'ing an active runway. Unfortunately, the young pilot continued and attempted a togo rather than braking and killed all on board. Truck driver was 'banned' for 6 months...
The pilot in that first clip was lucky in so many ways but he also has some wicked awesome skills! I was in light armoured reconnaissance in the Canadian Armed Forces. One of our search procedures was stop at intersections, driver calls "clear left" crew commander calls "clear right".
in 2003 i work in the airport with a flight service company. i start with the crew bus. then i drive the machines that use for ( airport opreations ) i believe what it's called. using small tractors for moving the luggages containers from the aircraft to the terminal pasment. i don't remember they told us when we cross the runway to get a permission!! they told us just stop before the line and check right and left. if you see an aircraft stop and wait to pass. just that. i really miss this job. thank you for the video CAPTIN 🧑🏼✈
While stationed in Greece, the locals would never check for aircraft before crossing a taxiway. It got so bad, we had to physically block the access roads, while aircraft were taxiing.
Good job to the pilot! You don't get much time to think in these situations, he put it down safely. Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing... This one was hairy, so good job!! As a glider pilot myself, however, the only thing I would say is right at the start of the video, as soon as we see the bank in the road: You are too high. I'm very impressed you successfully put it down safely after this long glide. What I believe should have been done: I don't know the english term, in french we call it "Rattrapage de plan", which consists of doing a steep descent, then straight flight, in order to come back down to your glide slope at the correct altitude. The idea is that you exchange altitude for speed, which increases the drag, killing energy more quickly, also pulling back at the end of a steep descent also kills some energy. This way, he could have lost a hundred feet quickly or so, to touch down sooner and have more "runway" in front of him. He could also have slipped the plane, which is another technique to kill energy, and can actually be used in conjunction with a "rattrapage de plan" as well, and consists of applying full left or full right rudder, while using counter ailerons. This puts the plane in a sideways flight, you start kinda drifting on one side, meaning you expose the side of the plane to the oncoming air, increasing drag a lot, and since your wings are not hitting the relative speed straight up, they produce less lift, which also help you loose altitude. Combining these two techniques, I'm confident he could have touched down near the turn arrows you see up close at 0:28, and could have come to a dead stop by the next set of arrows, right before the hairy curve.
You always impress with high quality aviation facts and lessons Kelsey and this episode is no exception - lots of good lessons here. Looks like there was a heaping helping of 'luck' in these examples and that never hurts! Your graphics and annotations on this one are great - - well done! Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava!
Greetings from Germany. Cars in the left lane going slower than cars in the right lane does happen here, but you can indeed get a ticket for doing that. And it makes some people really angry. Like, road rage level angry.
You can get a ticket for it in the US. I actually got an "improper lane use" ticket several years ago. I was in the passing lane because the road was empty, it was night time, and I wanted some reaction time for avoiding deer. The DPS Trooper was in the middle of nowhere and needed to meet his quota.
And yeah, cops in the US have quotas for how many traffic citations to write. Had a cop deny that once, and he said they instead had "performance expectations" which is just the definition of quota.
I do that in street traffic. Situational awareness is life saving habit. I learned it in a tractor trailer rig. Cars and tractor trailers mix with a degree of violence that can easily be fatal, it seems likely a car mixed with a jet liner would be even more dramatic.
@@vipvip-tf9rw Oh, I guess it's alright then if nobody got hurt. I guess the pilot can run out of gas anytime than, but only so long until SOMEONE gets hurt. No harm no foul, right, right, right? NO, it wasn't an amazing experience, at least not for the car drivers, it was rather an unnecessary and embarrassing risk to make and take. He shouldn't get away with this scot free and he won't, because it is not "OK" just because nothing bad happened.
Hi Kelsey, thank you very much for uploading this video. That landing was awesome, he nearly cleared the highway onto the side road! Thankfully he had a few things in his favour. 😁👍🇦🇺
This guy dodged cars, power lines and landed on a curve. Dude is an ace.
I thought you had to have 5 kills to make you an ace
When the alternative is dying, he did the bare minimun.
@@AbstractObserver It's a very impressive bare minimum that most pilots will not achieve.
@@AbstractObserver bare minimum? The acft didn't get a scratch, no car accidents, I assume most undies were still clean....I think he maxed out the achievement award.
If that ever happens to me, I hope I have the same circumstances! Great landing with sensible drivers on the highway!
Lands on a curve and still nails the center line! What an ace!
Most aces don’t land on public roads
@@tomdavis3038this one did and aced it
I'm guessing it was better than landing 'on' the trees Tom.
@@tomdavis3038 what do aces do with no engine? Crash into the trees?
@@tomdavis3038 He lost his engine. Brah. A number of Ace's have landed, crashed in many places, including roads. That time a First World War flying ace crash landed on a Calgary Stampede carousel.
That was freaking amazing. And he damn near pulled off onto a taxiway and made way for the next arrival.
Ah yes, the 747 with 4 engine failures coming up behind him.
@@tabchanzero8229 Air Canada I guess?
@@sonickunckle Air Canada would cancel your flight at the last minute and try to refuse to refund your money.
xD
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I can't imagine what the drivers were thinking. 🤣 So glad that pilot was dealing with good drivers in that moment. Amazing landing.
Most of them weren't thinking about stopping that's for sure. If there was a boulder in the road, they'd hit it.
Situational awareness for most people on the planet does not exist. Looking at it having the advantage of hindsight and knowing what your looking for is not the reality in most cases. Combine that with everyday distracted driving. Here's a test, pull alongside someone at a traffic light. Try to get them to put their window down and tell them you THINK they have a brake light out. See how long it takes for them to notice you, AND comprehend what you want them to do AND respond to you. Now, take that, add 70mph, on a curve, and throw in a plane coming at them, something you just not expecting to see, like an airplane. Situational awareness is something you should try to improve on everyday. It might save a life.
It takes a hot second to stop from 70, and a plane coming around the next bend and landing on the road is not on most people's radar in terms of hazards. And, of course, from the perspective of the plane, with its forward movement, those cars look faster than they are.
tl:dr the drivers are fine, internet crybabies notwithstanding.
@@meincomf516 They seemed oblivious. Zero reaction to a plane landing on the road in front of them.
They were thinking "get out of my lane jackass"
Some advice I learned while boating. To tell if someone is on a collision course or not, compare the other vehicle's location to a fixed point on your own vehicle (i.e. window frame, antenna, etc.). If the other vehicle appears to be moving toward the back of your vehicle, it will pass behind you. If it appears to be moving forward, it will pass in front of you. If it appears to not be moving, then you will arrive at the same point at the same time (crash). Of course, this only applies if both vehicles maintain their current speed and direction.
Ahh, constant bearing, decreasing range! Also known as sailing your way to the scene of the accident!
Works well in a car or a plane too. Find a spec on your windshield near the oncoming object and if the object doesn't move in relation to that spec, you are on a collision course. In a car it works well when you are travelling on a highway and a car is approaching the highway from a side road. It'll instantly tell you if you are going to meet up at that intersection and to be on the lookout for the other car to slow down because if he doesn't you will collide.
@@wally7856 Genuinely asking, is this not just something you can gauge by looking at the car? With boats it makes a little more sense with fewer reference points. But while driving you are bombarded with referance points lol.
@@cherriberri8373 You are driving South at 70 mph, car approaching intersection 1.5 miles up ahead at 60-80 mph (you don't know, he's going fast) perpendicular from the West, if he fails to slow down or stop at the intersection (farmers do this ALL the time on their dirt roads crossing over highways) , this is how from far away you can tell if you are on a collision course. Yes look at the car but take the 0.5 seconds to line him up with a spec of dust on your window and observe.
Thanks for your clear explanation. It can cause issues when driving towards cross roads and both vehicles are traveling at the same speed. If the other car is in your blind spot it will always be in your blind spot until it's so close/big that you finally (if you are lucky) see it.
I loved the way they tried to taxi off into a side road at the end. Good job pilot!
If i were the guy in the truck I'd have been crapping my pants
@@Loralanthalas easier to buy new pants than a new truck!
We had a Cessna that had to do an emergency landing last year in the field next to the Interstate. I was on the interstate, saw the plane coming down in my rearview (that was scary). I thought they were going to land on the interstate. Last minute decision and they went for the field. When I drove back through there was a hay truck in the field with the plane and pilot and they had the 'hood' opened. It was there for a week because I drove by the next weekend and it was still there, and they had put up a tarp tent to work on it in the rain. It had taken off by the time I went through a 3rd time, but I looked in the field...and the farmer had put a windsock out in the middle of the field. He now keeps a wide strip open at all times and hays around it. HAHA! Only in a rural state! 🤣 Have a great week everyone!
This guy is a rudder master, that was amazing!
Fear of imminent death brings out amazing abilities
Seriously!
I would think he'd have to use his ailerons a bit as well to keep the plane from rolling over while taking that curve like that.
You totally get the feeling this person was on the bleeding edge of what the plane would tolerate, had to be fighting the pedals hard! Truly an amazing save, I don't think they could have done a single thing better.
As a young child (back in 1968, aged 9) my grandfather treated the whole family to a cruise around the Med. We had to fly from Gatwick to Nice in the south of France (on a Brittania turbo prop 4 engine ) Being the first time flying -I was excited ,but also nervous as there had been plane crashes on the news, so on boarding I asked the man with gold epaulettes and white shirt "how often does this type of plane crash please sir?" he smiled and said in a broad scots accent " Dinna you worry son-it just the once!) That made me feel great, and can still remember every thing about that flight.
Yup, most planes only crash one time. 😂
@@bokusimondesu Unlike some cars
@@bokusimondesu 😅
@@bokusimondesu unless it's flown by Harrison Ford
@@Mike.The.Jeweler Now that is very true. Half a wing and a functioning cylinder. Off he goes!! 🤣
Why does UA-cam terrorize with a description of a crash landing, when it’s only an engine failure resulting in a safe emergency landing? They been doing this more and more. Very skillful pilot…BRAVO!
Hey I love your videos thanks for covering my landing my heart was racing watching it again and you nailed all the points and what it felt like going through it. I have the full video from take off to landing and yes i did make it off to the side road 😊.
DUDE, you walked away, it was a great landing. Great job.
BRAVO ZULU, Vince. Excellent aviating!
You walked away (good landing), /and/ the plane was still usable (great landing).
Did you run out of fuel?
I agree with the others, excellent aviating!! 🛩
I'm more entertained by Kelsey's face during the movie in the mini screen than the actual subject; it's pure internet gold!;-)
100% - I think the reaction on his face during the van incident was about the best reaction shot ever.
lol I'll often watch the event first, then immediately rewind to pay attention to Kelsey's face. Agreed pure internet gold! (But Kelsey if you read this, don't fake it. That will ruin it.)
As someone who grew up around and involved with aviation, I'm always looking for an airplane, truck, car, deer, tractor, ATV, dog, cat, etc. I applaud those who maintain situational awareness.
Chuck Yeager once said "If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing." 🤟
As a driver on the roads who has absolutely no cause to be looking above him for "pilots" selfishly making attempts to land their planes amidst cars on roads, I focus my attention where it is required to be: on the road and vehicles ahead of me. The idea that a driver should be dividing his attention between the road and the air is absurd.
@@lllmmm3572 Absurd, yes, but pilots forced to land on a roadway are NOT BEING SELFISH! If you drive staring at the road and not keeping your head on a swivel, you're not driving well.
@@lllmmm3572a plane could fall out of the sky onto your car anyways, an unexpected thing happening on the road in front of you - even if it's a plane suddenly appearing - is what one should be doing at all times when driving. Thus, it's only a selfish driver who would not be prepared for a plane to make an emergency landing on a road.
@@toomanyhobbies2011 No, you need to look at the vehicle codes and see where your attention is required to be. It is not above you. Again, the idea that drivers should somehow be dividing their attention between the ground and the sky is absurd. The roads are made for cars. Furthermore, they are absolutely being selfish if people are present on the road. They have the choice to attempt a landing, or crash their plane, elsewhere and not risk harming others. They are not being forced to land on the road. They are choosing to land on the road.
Outstanding! I've been there. We blew a rod at around 500' AGL right after take off in a Grumman AA-1B once. At 5-600 feet there are only seconds, obviously. Hard right bank, flew right under some very high-voltage power lines, narrowly missing tearing the tail off, or being electrocuted. All that was available was a small, two-lane Hwy N.E. of ATX. Naturally, it was 5 o'clock traffic. The lanes were literally the exact dimension of our wingspan... no margin for error with a Semi-truck dead ahead at our 12! The best part (other than surviving) was somehow finding a spot to fit in traffic, missing the semi by a few inches, and finally, with what after-roll was available, we "taxied" into a big beer distributor. The canopy went back, I checked my flight suit for a possible code-brown, and as tongue and cheek as possible said, it's "Miller Time"! (It happened to be a Miller distributor). I always thought it would be a million-dollar advert! So, hats off to you, brother! Especially, landing into the curve with; both, the G-load going into the curve, and those hoopty brakes the 172 has! K, I love your channel!
Why crosswind landings are so important to learn. Enables you to get really good on riding on one wheel and making those sharp turns and man that code brown moment of barely missing the powerlines!
Today I learned from an airline pilot that I should be afraid when it's a clear day out, not when it's stormy, because pilots aren't paying attention. Thanks Kelsey!
It does totally make sense though. When you're driving, are you more focused on the road going 60 on a sunny calm day on a road you know, or when everybody's going 40 because you can barely see through the rain and your wipers?
it is always the same though, like you are far more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a road accident within 7 miles of your home, unless you pay the same amount of attention every time you go outside your front door, and drive a vehicle, as you do when the weather is extremely bad outside. complacency is a real killer.
I wonder if pilots turn down the radio so they can see better. 👀 😆
@@michaelthomas3646
The seven miles thing could also just be the usual vicinity people are in 90% of the time, skewing the data.
Meaning you aren't safer or less observant but much more likely to be in this vicinity when an accident occurs.
Kelsi - I love your honesty about prior **** ups. Retired Air Force pilot. Done many of the mistakes you talk about. Good man, as it lets junior/new pilots know what to look out for.
Springfieldian here, I can confirm that Brad Pitt used to live a street down from my grandma, but also my friends grandma, and his aunt and uncle, his dog's sisters brother cousin's sibling, and everyone knows his parents, sees him shopping at Hy-Vee on Battlefield. It's amazing that he's lived in multiple houses every where around Springfield.
I worked at that Hyvee in the produce department from 2014-2018 and I never saw him myself or heard about him coming in. Definitely not saying your wrong, all I’m saying is that I’m really disappointed if I missed a chance to meet him lol😅
@@pjcanfield8 I think it’s more of the fact that people want to feel “included” that they saw him and just make up stories lol. I’ve seen him once driving his Urus down Campbell near Sam’s. A lot of my high school teachers at Kickapoo said they taught him and are good friends with his mom and dad 😂
Also a Springfieldian; also can confirm that his aunt lived one street away from me near Golden and Plainview lol
A few years ago I drove from NJ to Orlando. As we were on I-4 coming into Orlando, we end up in a 2 hour traffic jam. When we finally reached the source we saw that a Cessna 172 had landed on the SOFT median between the 2 sides of the interstate. For that pilot to NOT hit a soft spot, ditch or culvert was simply amazing. The traffic was all from rubbernecking looking at the plane ✈ and the NOT-accident that it was in. Thank you for this, and all your other, videos. Very enlightening.
just perfection. talk about staying focused under pressure.
Regarding the cars that didn't seem like they were trying to get out of the way, I think we also have to account for the shock and newness of the situation for the drivers. When faced with a completely new, dangerous situation, we often "freeze." As a generic coping mechanism, that's not necessarily wrong. More often than not, it may save us from making a bad situation worse.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. It takes just a bit too long for the human psyche to adapt to a completely novel situation. The inputs are there, but they don't register cognitively soon enough.
Yep. I've been there myself, so I know how it goes. You think you know what you're seeing. You're pretty sure but it's not supposed to be where it is. A plane would certainly qualify. Then it's okay, it''s a plane. It's here so it's in trouble. What is it going to do next and how soon?
As a delivery driver, I was super impressed by the pickup truck that saw what was happening and stopped. Whoever was driving that truck was very much paying attention!
@@andrewh.8403 hit brakes, that's what you supposed to do
While looking at this from the point of view of the cars, the plane was coming in while on the curve so maybe they didn't see the plane until it got very close, not sure though.
Both of my parents were air maintenance officers in the military. I showed my parents your videos, they love them.
Love how blunt he is.. People definitely suck these days on the road. Everyone for themselves couldn't be more accurate.
Considering most people won’t even move over for emergency vehicles, you really shouldn’t be surprised they wouldn’t move over for a plane.
Worse than that, it's complete disregard for everyone including themselves. Passed two wrecks this morning on the interstate after a light dusting of snow, both SUVs in the passing lane not plowed yet ended up in the wire guardrail, in a hurry to get nowhere.
While I agree with Ed, I am a truck driver and see it all the time, I think these cars were reacting reasonably quickly to an incongruous situation. Would love to see an overhead shot of when they could see the plane and how much they moved out of the way.
@@jameswarkentin2798 Yeah, I agree. You have to imagine that you're driving down the road as usual and suddenly there is a plane landing in front of you. It takes time for your brain to process this situation that you have never encountered, and likely never seriously considered. Then you have to assess what to do, and then you have to do it.
@@jameswarkentin2798 The speed limit on US 19 (the one in the video) is 55 mph and that's the stall speed of that plane so that blue car was busting the limit by a good margin
New video from Kelsey is always a great way to end the weekend🥳
If you ever take off or land at an airport where skydivers are jumping, you might see them take a knee just short of a runway or taxiway if they see an airplane approaching… either on the ground or in their landing pattern. This is a communication method telling the pilot that we see them and we aren’t going to dart across the tarmac or anything crazy like that.
interesting form of sign language, would be cool if pedestrians used it tho
As someone who was trained to do airfield driving in the military, you NEVER get on the runway without prior clearance, be it radio or light gun signal. I only went onto the runway twice. Once from moving part of an aircraft from the area beyond the fence to the boneyard (it was a simulated crash exercise we were cleaning up from) and we had folks from Base Ops as a 'follow me' vehicle until we cleared the runway which had been shut down during that movement. The second time was when I had to pick up an aircrew who had a hot brakes incident upon landing and were unable to taxi clear of the runway. I sat at the hold line until I was marshaled to come on to pick up the crew and their gear. Other than that, always stuck to the taxiways of the 'vehicle only' areas of the flightline.
FYI: The van was given clearance. NTSB blamed the local controller for clearing the plane for takeoff on a runway that was not under its control.
A big hello from a small town Thurles in Ireland 🇮🇪
And a big “HOWDY!” from a small NC town just down the road from where this happened.
A big hello back to you from a small town in Norway named Mjøndalen. About the same size as Thurles I think 🇳🇴
The "little things" that many take for granted everyday, volume no. 1: Healthy and strong rotator cuffs. It seems like pilots of Boeing 747's have quite a few flight controls and switches overhead, possibly moreso than most other commercial aircraft (?). And, snow and ice pavement conditions have claimed their share of torn rotator cuffs, which can ONLY be repaired surgically, and grow worse if untreated and unrepaired! Here's to you having healthy ones, and many thanks for devoting your time to the making of excellent UA-cam programming for us! Still wondering if Rice University is one of your alma maters. . .
I've always been very watchful for potential road threats when driving, and now I guess I can add small planes into that mix. 😅 Thanks Kelsey!
Excellent performance under pressure! Also, gotta love the drivers who snail about in the left lane because it's, of course, their road.
Its more often people going way above the speed limit passing in the right lane because they came up from behind quickly and are too impatient to let the other car scoot over than it is someone snailing about in the left lane.
Loved your wide eyed expression @ 6:50. I imagine the pilot's expressions were even more animated.
I’m mostly impressed with the attention payed by the drivers. I am a truck driver dealing with other drivers all day. Most don’t have a clue what is going on around them
The first pilot is so impressive! Landing while banking on the right tire also likely helped pull him more to the right, following the curve of the road.
This reminds me when I was a kid in the 80's my dad built planes (13 of them) and flew them out the field beside our house. Despite many hours of engine testing there was several times he had to make emergency landings in corn fields, cow pastures and yes a few back roads. All successful with minimal damage. He would usually just fix the problem then fly it back home. When flying with my dad said he was always looking for a place to land just in case. If your wondering, these were fully enclosed 2-seat mini planes with a snow mobile engine, not the open seat ultra lights. He also had a "Second Chance" parachute attached to the plane to safely bring it down but never had to use it.
@@computerjantje "Second Chance" was the brand name or vendor. yes it was around '81
@@PickledHam Yes I just looked it up and deleted my comment. It was invented in 1980 :) I thought it was way recent. My mistake
@@computerjantje now you got me curious. Just looked it up also. its spelled SECOND CHANTZ and only 4000 was sold. not sure why didn't sell more. maybe it was ahead of its time. Nowdays there are not that many private pilots around.
@@PickledHam the Cirrus company produces planes with inbuilt parachutes, so still available as an option. There seems to have been mixed reaction online to them. The pilots I have discussed them with tended to think that if it's just an engine failure you don't need a parachute unless you don't know how to control your aircraft properly so it's just additional weight. It's not something I have strong feelings about as I'm unlikely to ever be in a Cirrus aircraft.
I'm not convinced the number of GA pilots has gone down much, still plenty of students around where I live.
I've never thought private planes should have a horn until now. 😮
At least the pilot nailed it despite light traffic and a very scenic curving road. 👍🏻
In an emergency, I never think of sounding the horn, I am too busy with solving the problem. I amazes me, how many people ignore the problem, and go straight for the horn, as if it will solve everything.
I think some Cessna's have something that resembles a horn. If I'm not mistaking Kelsey once made a video on it, or there's at least a video in which you can hear it.
Can’t critique a dude who avoided everything in an emergency. In my book this was well done.
I am honest;ym impressed at how well the plane still corners with those little tires and literally "upforce" instead of downforce. I fully expected it to understeer into the grass. Pretty smooth landing!
vertica rudders induce yaw, and wings induce lift, therefore drifting
Let me tell ya Kelsey, someone from Springfield telling you about a Brad Pitt story about how their family member or neighbor knew him in some way is the most authentic Springfield experience right up there with Mega-Baptist church’s, Cashew Chicken, & meth lmao. Hell even a good friend of mine even told me her mom dated him for a period in high school when they were both going to Kickapoo. But also I can’t believe I didn’t heard about this near miss in the news. The few times I’ve flown at SGF have always gone really smoothly and the tower ATC is really great at handling student pilots along with everything else that happens there. It’s scary to hear about something like this hit so close to home! I’m just glad no one was hurt and everyone can learn a lesson from it! Anyways I’ve enjoyed watching your channel for years now especially the viral debriefs. You do such a great just of communicating complex topics to the general public in such a digestible way and it’s always great to see your witty personality shine through! Keep it up man!!
That pilot did a fantastic job considering the situation and well he had some luck too
Kelsey can I just say that I find your “I’m concentrating and I am concerned” face delightful!
Fun fact: When the US Interstate Highway System was first proposed in the late 50s, one of the specifications (because of the Cold War with the Soviet Union) was that every so many miles there had to be a stretch of road straight and flat enough to serve as a makeshift runway in case regular airstrips were incapacitated. 😎
the highway near Darwin in Australia has remnants of landings strips intermittently on the side of it because of WWII
That sounds like the hotel van driver we had in SGF. We stayed at the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center. He would always tell crazy stories, and some times take us by different routes to show us interesting things.
Yes. He did steer it on the side street. It was repaired, hwy shut down, he took off headed back to base.
Wasn’t this one near Bryson City? There was another landing west of Asheville a few years ago also. Must be that NC Mountain air! 😳😬🫣😂
That was straight up cool hand Luke! It's amazing he had such effective rudder control with such gigantic balls!
This happened only a couple hours away from where I live in North Carolina. I remember seeing it on the local news and I also remember seeing the pilot doing a interview with the local news station
Find the video on here and share the link!
Yes if I recall it was on highway 74. Not to far from me as well.
Landing on a curve is straight up badass. Dodging cars at the same time is absolutely exceptional piloting.
There was another set of power lines at around 3:29 . It was right after landing which the pilot was really lucky to avoid.
5:14 “10 out of 10 I can recommend hitting power lines…” a (slightly out of context) quote from pilot Kelsey 🤣✈️😋
Always enjoy these videos Kelsey! Thank you for all your hard work. Since daylight savings time just now started, I only had to wait 167 hours (instead of 168 hours) for my weekly dose of Kelsey, 😁👍✈️
Landed on Highway 19 in North Carolina. Found to be a clogged fuel line and took was able to take off from the highway after being moved to a straight section via Rollback truck.
Congrats on 1 million
You have the same thought processes that some professional climbers I was exposed to in my youth.
Everyone is human and the more skeptical everyone is makes for better results.
Clear communication is hugely huge.
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My great uncle had to land his plane on an interstate once, luckily it was a nice straight section with not a lot of cars
Here in Australia the Royal Flying Dr Service has airstrips as part of the highway, and they are not as wide as this one either. When a plane is coming in to land on the highway they radio the local police, who then shut the highway for the aircraft to land. It's an awesome sight, and my love goes out to the amazing people of the RFDS for keeping those in remote communities healthy. I'm sure anyone reading this here who is a pilot in a hot dry environment can appreciate the challenges involved. I'm not a pilot so can only speculate about those challenges from speaking to pilots.
You actually only highlighted the second set of powerlines. The first powelines are visible just after we first hear the tires hitting the road. It was actually quite a close call avoiding those.
Yes. Thanks for spotting that. I went back and watched again.
I came here to mention that too!
0:35 Yeah, he pretty much touches down underneath them.
they should mark them with signs
I think thats why he decided to land so soon even tho the car was still right beside him, otherwise he probably could have glided farther and let the driver see him clearly before touching down, it was more than luck for sure
I've learned from watching many of these that Kelsey's "we'd be in trouble" is my "we'd all be dead"
The plane did coast off the road. This happened just outside Bryson City, nc. I've driven that many times, and what you can't appreciate is just after the curve is a tremendous down hill run to the side road.
There is a part 2 video where the police escorted him taxing to another nearby Hiwaay (towards Fontana) to take off.
Congratulations on crossing 1 million! Way to go.
I continue to be blown away by the editing and animation! Buy your editor a drink for me.
you can join the channel if you want to support them directly. theres a button just below the video...
Thank you so much, Margot. Enjoy the videos!
@@MohajStudio have done them, or are they free to use?
So i should hope for a rainy travel day. You're right. That's counterintuitive. Thanks Kels!
The animations & editing on this video is really impressive! Wow. I could never….. I can’t even use photo shop! I can just about trim the end off a video on my iPhone and that’s it 😂 Your editor’s skills are pristine. 👍🏻
Thank you so much. Enjoy the videos!
I was going to say about the same. The editing quality was always great, still went up a few notches recently.
Your reaction on that second clip was priceless! That van's actions were SHOCKING!
I looked up the near miss at SGF and the van was three employees heading to an airport barbecue 😂 in hindsight, knowing everyone is okay, that’s hilarious 😂
That was very impressive! Though what's not impressive is that I believe he actually ran out of gas, not an engine failure so... bitter-sweet and if it was a fuel thing this person should not be flying at all, this too easily could have been a horror story.
I worked at an airport for 20 years. Even when the tower told me I was clear to cross a runway, I just said no thanks and took the perimeter road.
That is some serious piloting!
During 1971 I was station at the now closed (oldest air force base in Michigan); Selfridge AF Base with 5th Army Forward area support....the Army ran base housing and we had "Wives in waiting" apartments for women and children who's military partners were over seas (Mostly Vietnam) and most know nothing about military operations!
On the main big runway they had these massive gates at the interior base road side where the trucks could open to clear snow or clean...what ever.... one day an older woman who was a military dependent got confused and turned from the run right onto the runway in her car and just kept driving. As I said in the past; my office was within eye site of the main runway. The tower saw her and had to shut the runways down, while the MP's had two cars chasing after her.... it was the talk of the base for days...thank goodness I wasn't his Sargent...LOL ... I have flown with my Dad for years and he was always so professional in his little "piper cub"... I don't think he never lost an engine though.
Really appreciate the explanation on the clear left/clear right thing.
I never understood why my Dad asked me (he was a Captain for years in military and commercial) and even when I said, "Yah you're clear/good" he would still look. Sometimes as a kid I got annoyed why he'd ask if he was driving. This video and your explanation now really hits home. My Dad never explained this to me, I think it was just how he operated and everyone else was supposed to pick up on it (in his mind lol). OR he did but as a kid you're dumb and think you know everything and don't listen lol.
In Australia some of the roads have runway markers on the for the flying doctor. The flying doctor has put a video of a king air landing on a road. They have the local emergency services close the road.
Also down the length of the A1 in the southern part of Australia, sections of this desert highway are converted into massive emergency runways for the military and anyone unlucky to need them. These runways could easily accomodate an A380.
Definitely slightly nerveracking, despite the chances of a plane landing way out there was pretty much nil.
Kelsey i just wanted to say your an inspiration. i have recently found your channel and have binge watched all of your viral debrief and ATC vs Pilot vids. the amount of knowledge you have and your approach to situations is educational and fun and full of wisdom. i have always had a love for aviation but have always been scared of trying it out for myself. both my uncle and cousin were bush pilots in indonesia and both lost their lives doing what they love. but your videos have made me want to fly again. i dont know if i will ever get the courage to learn to fly myself, who knows maybe i will maybe not. but you are an inspiration and a role model. thank you for doing what you do.
Almost 40 years ago I was flying a Cessna from West Plains Mo to Great Bend Kansas while transitioning just south of Springfield airport (talking to approach control) I noticed I was almost in direct line with the active when I did a no no and switched to tower frequency with out permission. I heard tower clear a C130 for straight in approach, 6 miles at 3000 feet. Since I was just over 5 miles in a Cessna 150 at 2500 foot I immediately called tower. Tower responded with "Cessna dive". High wing plane had hid the C1é0 from me and since I was below him his nose hid me. I shoved nose forward and almost instantly his wing went over my windshield. The controller admitted to forgetting about me, moral of story the van had been cleared by ground controller and the plane by the tower. A controlled airport can cause it's own problems and ever since that day I think I am even more observant at controlled airports than any other because the clearance can give a false sense of security
Wow! Great story. I am so glad you had supranational help that day. 🙏 Keep the blue side up.
AFAIK, no ground can authorize runway crossings, as the runway is in the tower's realm. So you have to switch to tower to cross.
This guy landed in Swain County, North Carolina. It was all in the local news here in NC. Yes, he did make it to the little side road so he could be clear of traffic. Love your videos.
At Owls Head, Me...a pickup struck a c172's elevator while x'ing an active runway. Unfortunately, the young pilot continued and attempted a togo rather than braking and killed all on board. Truck driver was 'banned' for 6 months...
Realistically differential braking is the most effective way to turn a small plant. The nose steering is minimally useful.
Now he can call AAA instead of FAA.
AAA is much friendlier.
The pilot in that first clip was lucky in so many ways but he also has some wicked awesome skills!
I was in light armoured reconnaissance in the Canadian Armed Forces. One of our search procedures was stop at intersections, driver calls "clear left" crew commander calls "clear right".
kelsey you didnt even realize the first set of power lines at 0:38min. i saw you mentioned the second set. that was super close
in 2003 i work in the airport with a flight service company. i start with the crew bus. then i drive the machines that use for ( airport opreations ) i believe what it's called. using small tractors for moving the luggages containers from the aircraft to the terminal pasment.
i don't remember they told us when we cross the runway to get a permission!! they told us just stop before the line and check right and left. if you see an aircraft stop and wait to pass. just that.
i really miss this job.
thank you for the video CAPTIN 🧑🏼✈
fantastic pilot!
Hi from Springfield, MO. It doesn't surprise me that this is our legacy lol
Lmao all I can think of what all those drivers were thinking when they see a plane coming down on the road
What an amazing video. Surprised this is the first time I have seen this, this pilot is amazing.
Nice landing even though a bit off the centerline😅
Love your diversity of knowledge and stories about all types of aircraft. You're such a good teacher. Have a beautiful week Kelsey!
While stationed in Greece, the locals would never check for aircraft before crossing a taxiway. It got so bad, we had to physically block the access roads, while aircraft were taxiing.
Haha! “Maybe he’s intimidated by my UA-cam channel” 😂
Good one, Kelsey!
Loved the video!
With everything going against him, that pilot handled that damn near perfectly.
You continue to make great videos and show you've been around. Thank you brother!
One of the signs that Spring is here, Kelsey lands an hour early. 🙂
Good job to the pilot! You don't get much time to think in these situations, he put it down safely. Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing... This one was hairy, so good job!!
As a glider pilot myself, however, the only thing I would say is right at the start of the video, as soon as we see the bank in the road: You are too high. I'm very impressed you successfully put it down safely after this long glide. What I believe should have been done:
I don't know the english term, in french we call it "Rattrapage de plan", which consists of doing a steep descent, then straight flight, in order to come back down to your glide slope at the correct altitude. The idea is that you exchange altitude for speed, which increases the drag, killing energy more quickly, also pulling back at the end of a steep descent also kills some energy. This way, he could have lost a hundred feet quickly or so, to touch down sooner and have more "runway" in front of him.
He could also have slipped the plane, which is another technique to kill energy, and can actually be used in conjunction with a "rattrapage de plan" as well, and consists of applying full left or full right rudder, while using counter ailerons. This puts the plane in a sideways flight, you start kinda drifting on one side, meaning you expose the side of the plane to the oncoming air, increasing drag a lot, and since your wings are not hitting the relative speed straight up, they produce less lift, which also help you loose altitude.
Combining these two techniques, I'm confident he could have touched down near the turn arrows you see up close at 0:28, and could have come to a dead stop by the next set of arrows, right before the hairy curve.
You always impress with high quality aviation facts and lessons Kelsey and this episode is no exception - lots of good lessons here. Looks like there was a heaping helping of 'luck' in these examples and that never hurts! Your graphics and annotations on this one are great - - well done!
Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava!
That was an extremely amazing landing! Lots of luck and LOTS of skill! Well done! 👏🏻
Greetings from Germany. Cars in the left lane going slower than cars in the right lane does happen here, but you can indeed get a ticket for doing that. And it makes some people really angry. Like, road rage level angry.
You can get a ticket for it in the US. I actually got an "improper lane use" ticket several years ago. I was in the passing lane because the road was empty, it was night time, and I wanted some reaction time for avoiding deer.
The DPS Trooper was in the middle of nowhere and needed to meet his quota.
And yeah, cops in the US have quotas for how many traffic citations to write.
Had a cop deny that once, and he said they instead had "performance expectations" which is just the definition of quota.
@@immikeurnot the plural of anecdote isn't data, and your local area doesn't represent our huge and diverse country
I do that in street traffic. Situational awareness is life saving habit. I learned it in a tractor trailer rig. Cars and tractor trailers mix with a degree of violence that can easily be fatal, it seems likely a car mixed with a jet liner would be even more dramatic.
I almost leaned off my chair trying to pull that plane to the right!😅
Very well said. I know if that was me in that plane I would have panicked and hit the breaks 💀
This happened near my house. The pilot did NOT lose an engine but rather planned very poorly and ran out of gas.
Ops, that is rather embarrassing.
I suspect he also ran out of pilot's license. That pilot had a very bad day. Fortunately he saved not only his plane but himself.
@@knurlgnar24 why bad? lessons learned, nobody got hurt, he got amazing experience
@@vipvip-tf9rw Oh, I guess it's alright then if nobody got hurt. I guess the pilot can run out of gas anytime than, but only so long until SOMEONE gets hurt. No harm no foul, right, right, right?
NO, it wasn't an amazing experience, at least not for the car drivers, it was rather an unnecessary and embarrassing risk to make and take. He shouldn't get away with this scot free and he won't, because it is not "OK" just because nothing bad happened.
@@d1oftwins I didn't say that he will get scot free, but he will look at his fuel more carefully and he has a story tell
Hi Kelsey, thank you very much for uploading this video. That landing was awesome, he nearly cleared the highway onto the side road! Thankfully he had a few things in his favour. 😁👍🇦🇺
Amazing landing.
The thing that caught my eye was the amount of debris that was on the road. Looked like bits of tires, trash, car parts?
Bits of the previous airplane :P
Can anyone take a moment to appreciate the drivers of oncoming traffic, being aware, slowing down, moving over etc