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Tony wrote:

Ive probably had half a dozen very pleasant dealings with local law
enforcement during off airport landings. One was after I landed on a road in
Iowa. He stayed with me till crew arrived. Another state trooper I'm Iowa
stopped by to make sure everything was OK but declined the invitation to
return later and help derig the Lark. Another sheriff's deputy in western
Kansas was critical in the retrieve. He knew the lady in the house who
wouldn't answer the door for me and used her tractor to pull the cirrus out
of the soft field.

The only time I ever had cops get worked up was when I was clocked at 95
mph in a 35 mph zone on Yamaha crotch rocket. Cops thought I was running
when, in reality, I just did not realize they were behind me. I got a
clue when I notice the trees along the road seemed to be flashing blue.
Looked in the rearview and all I could see was about 12 inches square of
a Chrysler police cruiser grill. After we all got stopped, it took the
officers a few minutes to calm down, but eventually they bought my
(true) story that I was just at the end of a long ride and was trying to
catch up to a buddy who had gotten way out ahead of me. Helped that the
officers were both motorcycle guys too.

Have had local law enforcement show up at a few outlandings. The cops
have been more-or-less pleasant, if a not a little bemused by the whole
concept of flying without a motor. Have gotten the usual incredulous
double take when I answered the question of where I took off from and
where I had intended to go. Never had a cop be less than polite and
cordial. Most have been pretty easy going once they figured out there
was no injury or damage. Never had one ask for any ID other than my
driver license. Last time was at the Sports Nats at Chilhowee. An off
duty cop visited me in the soybean field I had landed in. He was mostly
curious and wanted to let me know that the landowner was not home at the
moment, gave me the landowners contact info, and told me he didn't think
the guy would care that I had landed. Then he offered to get me
something to eat and drink. I have been pulled over three times by cops
wanting to know "What's in the weird trailer?" Also got pulled over by a
state trooper in Nebraska while I was towing a homebuilt power plane. I
had two extra engines tied down with it that I was transporting for gas
money. The officer was curious about the plane in general and why there
were three engines. I briefly considered having him on about my little
tri-motor, but decided that honesty is probably the best policy with the
fuzz.

WB
(former scooter trash, now glider trash)

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