Train crashing into plane: a local pilot's visual analysis

[Quixote1818]

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[YP_Yooper]

1. That was pretty awesome, thank you!

Great Lakes private pilot here, and I wondered how he got down in one piece with all that crap on the ground - didn't know he went down the RR grade.
I can't tell, but was there enough runway to stick the ass end in the wind and forward slip the plane? A 152 could drop like a rock pretty fast.

[Quixote1818]

2. Looking at google maps. He hit the tracks near the end of the runway

He ended up on Osborn Street. I think if you copy and paste the entire link it will work. Or just look up Whiteman Airport on Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Whiteman+Airport/@34.2545263,-118.4101645,391m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x13154eabf70b4b93!8m2!3d34.2598054!4d-118.4119289

As a pilot you may find this interesting:

[YP_Yooper]

3. Yeah, saw that, and he should be jailed

plenty of altitude in a bush plane with places to land and just happens to have a parachute on

[Quixote1818]

4. Yep, this pilot flew to where he jumped out, put the plane in idol and was able to reach an airport

[Quixote1818]

5. I'm not a pilot but love watching pilot youtube videos

Have thought about getting a licence but don't know if I can until I retire. This channel has some excellent ones for learning from mistakes. Especially ignoring weather when pilots are not IFR trained.

[YP_Yooper]

6. biased, of course as a private pilot

but my first solo 10 yrs ago was the most surreal experience in my life (and I'm 50). I don't fly as much as i did, but alone in the sky with the freedom to go anywhere in sight without asking permission? Life in your own hands? Almost magical.

You can always get a recreational license. There are restrictions, but it's easier (and less expensive) and you can fly yourself and enjoy the experience

[YP_Yooper]

7. My CFI taught me to watch just these for education

this is really recent, and a great study

a solo crashed because he wasn't trained that when you hit power to go around, the plane naturally pitches up and you need to make the plane do what you want (forcing it nose down). He didn't push the nose down, and it stalled.

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