Simviation Forum - WOW! Vintage prop landing on highway!

Jul 24^th, 2007 at 11:17pm

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In Wisconsin, a North American T-6G landed on highway 41 due to engine failure!!! Shocked

The highway was full of cars!

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Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 3:24am

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I heard somewhere that at one point a law had been passed saying that one mile in every ten (or something like that) of US highway had to be straight so that it could be used as a landing strip. Not sure which president was in power at the time.

Nonetheless, this is indeed rather spectacular.

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Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 9:16am

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Now that's something. Shocked

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Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 10:54am

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LMAO! I would shit myself if I saw that shoot straight over and land infront of my car! Shocked

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Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 10:59am

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Can you imagine? Shocked

you're driving on a peacefully highway and suddenly a plane landing in front of you?

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Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 11:56am

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Was that part of the Oshkosh Airshow on the 23rd?

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Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 2:47pm

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spitfire boy wrote on Jul 25^th, 2007 at 3:24am:

I heard somewhere that at one point a law had been passed saying that one mile in every ten (or something like that) of US highway had to be straight so that it could be used as a landing strip. Not sure which president was in power at the time.

That was part of the initial Eisenhower Interstate System. One mile in every five had to be straight for such use in peace or even war time. The Interstate System was actually originally designed for army convoys.

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Reply #7 - Jul 30^th, 2007 at 10:37am

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I'm sorry but that simply isn't true. The whole interstate being used as landing strips in case of crisis is just a myth.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

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Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2007 at 1:24pm

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mikebrla wrote on Jul 30^th, 2007 at 10:37am:

I'm sorry but that simply isn't true. The whole interstate being used as landing strips in case of crisis is just a myth.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

Did you join just to tell us that? Huh

This thread had died a while ago. The site you linked is provocative, vulgar and brash.

You may be right that what I thought was fact was not. However. There was no need to present it in such an 'I-know-better-than-you-and-I'm-going-to-shove-it-in-your-face' way.

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