Landing out on a corporate mega-farm or other non-traditional ornon-optimal place?

On Monday, May 6, 2013 12:46:12 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, May 5, 2013 7:08:38 PM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote: . . . Yo: 1987 Sports Class Nationals at Elmira, typical Elmira weather, HHH. The This is exactly what I was looking for, but I only wish that you had delayed posting it for few days. Now I expect that anyone who comes to this thread with a good but somewhat lesser story will say, "Well I can't top that." and not bother to post their story. This is NOT a "Best Landout Story Ever in the World" competition. Please post "Personal Best Landout" stories. As far as FARs go, let me state for the record, that stories posted in this thread are entirely fictional (wink, wink, nod, nod) and any resemblance to actual persons or places is purely coincidental. (Nice try FAA!)

i've led a boring life. while i have had a lot of landouts none of them have come close to comparing. There was one tight field south of my CFI-G's house that he was convinced a glider could not land in, until he saw the Cherokee parked there.

I've had a few times where the police have shown up but always soon enough to call off the ambulance. They've always been friendly and helpful. One offered to give me a ride back to the station while I waited to get out of the heat (in the front of the squad car i assume). I declined anyway. The last one came out because the 80+ yr old lady who lived at the farm was getting freaked out that i was sitting outside her house waiting for my crew. She hadn't answered the door since i appeared out of the blue, no car or anything, in very rural western KS on a gravel road. She finally called the police when she saw the glider out in the field. Once the officer, who she knew of course, arrived, she came to the door and was friendly. He used one of her tractors to pull the Cirrus out of the field. My pickup would've gotten stuck, lit the dry wheat chaff on fire, or both.

One time after landing out on the north side of Wichita I walked across the street to a house where people were enjoying a nice summer evening on their porch with neighbors. A few beers later and some food Leah arrived with the trailer. I always decline offers of alcohol now...

oh one time after a landout in a 2 seater with my instructor we heard a gunshot and got a little worried. Farmer came out in his tractor and helped pull the beast up to a driveway suitable for de-rigging. We asked him about the gunshot since it had worried us a bit. He said he saw us land, fired a shot into the air and ran inside to tell his wife he had shot down an airplane. She said "BS" of course so he told her to come look and there we were out in the field.

Landing out has provided me with a lot of fun over the years.