Passenger lands plane when pilot incapacitated.

[bp7178]

He was lucky there was an instructor pilot in the tower who was familiar with the aircraft. A lot had to line up perfectly to get that result.

[chuckman]

You took lessons about the same time I did. I had a great CFI. I took off and landed on my very first flight with a total of 0 and 20 minutes of flight time. It's a lot easier when a dude is sitting right next to you and giving great instructions, but it has to be extremely tough to do it over the radio.

Could I do it now? Hmmm. Maybe. Could I do it without crapping myself? Resounding 'no'. Can't imagine having to be talked through it.

[markm]

OVER MACHO GRANDE???

[markm]

No mention of why the pilot was incapacitated?

His brain popped worrying about what grip screw was in his AR at home!!!

[WillieThom]

Yeah… and getting the proper screw driver. Because you don’t wanna mar the finish on that screw………

[SteyrAUG]

Food poisoning from fish. Plus, the autopilot was deflated.

I knew I could depend on you guys. The stewardess can do a manual auto pilot inflate.

[markm]

Yeah… and getting the proper screw driver. Because you don’t wanna mar the finish on that screw………

You got a grainger part number for that?

[1168]

You took lessons about the same time I did. I had a great CFI. I took off and landed on my very first flight with a total of 0 and 20 minutes of flight time. It's a lot easier when a dude is sitting right next to you and giving great instructions, but it has to be extremely tough to do it over the radio.

There was a mechanic that managed to pull that off in a F86 Saber a while back. I can only wish I was so brazen.

F16s require a key, as it turns out. Allegedly.

[The_War_Wagon]

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida...plane/39957179

Rason # 65,658,645,342,128,307,606,789,564,534,212,473,846,950,974,557,342 I stopped flying in 2005.

[chuckman]

There was a mechanic that managed to pull that off in a F86 Saber a while back. I can only wish I was so brazen.

F16s require a key, as it turns out. Allegedly.

There a few stories floating around about a Marine aviation mechanic 'stealing' an A4, and I think I read something about a C-130 once. Can't imagine.

When I was a flight medic one of the pilots showed me how to start the helo (BK-117); once, he told me to 'start 'er up' while he was finishing a dump or something. Hell, no. I was terrified to even think such a thing. I did not want to be responsible for that thing sliding off the roof of an 8-story bed tower and plummeting to the ground, much less actually achieving lift.