Now THIS is a short field landing

[John Harlow]

Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-ap.html

[Jim Fisher]

"John Harlow" > wrote in message
...
> Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?
>
> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-ap.html

A student towing a banner?

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

--
Jim Fisher

[John Theune]

"Jim Fisher" > wrote in news:BKn5c.11686$zP2.4921
@bignews5.bellsouth.net:

> "John Harlow" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?
>>
>> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-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.

[Dan Truesdell]

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
> ...
>
>>Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?
>>
>>http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-ap.html
>
>
> A student towing a banner?
>
> One of them thangs that make you (and the FAA) go, "Hmmm."
>


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[John Galban]

"Jim Fisher" > wrote in message >...
> "John Harlow" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?
> >
> > http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-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)

[G.R. Patterson III]

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.

[Ace Pilot]

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."
> >

[Peter R.]

John Harlow ) wrote:

> Just how long is the cab of a pickup truck?
>
> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/14/382451-ap.html

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

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Peter












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[John Galban]

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)