CAP Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing Cornfield Wheeler NY

[RADIOMAN015]

Reporting no injuries, or apparent damage, only pilot on board, Cessna 172.

See:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120511/NEWS01/120511015/Plane-lands-farmer-8217s-field-outside-Bath?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News%7Cs

RM

[That Anonymous Guy]

Reporting no injuries, or apparent damage, only pilot on board, Cessna 172.

See:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120511/NEWS01/120511015/Plane-lands-farmer-8217s-field-outside-Bath?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News%7Cs

RM

I was on an O-Flight today in New York in a C172...scary. It was kinda bumpy up there.

[Huey Driver]

Reporting no injuries, or apparent damage, only pilot on board, Cessna 172.

See:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120511/NEWS01/120511015/Plane-lands-farmer-8217s-field-outside-Bath?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News%7Cs

RM

I was on an O-Flight today in New York in a C172...scary. It was kinda bumpy up there.

If there was anything even close to posing a threat to safety, you wouldn't have flown. If it was your first flight, then you'll learn that it's almost always that way.

[That Anonymous Guy]

Reporting no injuries, or apparent damage, only pilot on board, Cessna 172.

See:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120511/NEWS01/120511015/Plane-lands-farmer-8217s-field-outside-Bath?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News%7Cs

RM

I was on an O-Flight today in New York in a C172...scary. It was kinda bumpy up there.

If there was anything even close to posing a threat to safety, you wouldn't have flown. If it was your first flight, then you'll learn that it's almost always that way.

Well sir, my first fligh was in November and convection currents were noticeable at 500 ft. Yesterday they were noticeable at 2500 ft. Other then that it was a nice day for flying.

[Eclipse]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

[bflynn]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail. 

[simon]

Well sir, my first fligh[sic] was in November and convection currents were noticeable at 500 ft. Yesterday they were noticeable at 2500 ft.

Noticeable convection currents? I think CAP has a Form for that.

[SarDragon]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

I thought it was pretty funny. It matches my perception of my most recent 172 flight.

BTW, was that a European sparrow, or an African sparrow?

[FlyTiger77]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

Why?

I found it to be pretty funny.

[NIN]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

OK, wow. We're how many posts in and so far we have a joke from Eclipse (the end of days is upon us for sure.  Curse you, Mayans!) and we still haven't had someone suggest that the forced landing was due to the pilot not being in the right uniform. (again, the end of days is upon)

You people are slipping.

[blackrain]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

I thought it was pretty funny. It matches my perception of my most recent 172 flight.

BTW, was that a European sparrow, or an African sparrow?

Laden or Unladen

[bflynn]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

Why?

I found it to be pretty funny.

There needs to be some truth in humor.  The 172 is an inheriently stable airplane, it's aerodynamically designed to be that way.

[FlyTiger77]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

Why?

I found it to be pretty funny.

There needs to be some truth in humor.  The 172 is an inherently stable airplane; it's aerodynamically designed to be that way.

Sure, it's stable. And it is light enough with light enough wing loading that very little turbulence can make it move around. Sounds like truth to me.

[Майор Хаткевич]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

Why?

I found it to be pretty funny.

There needs to be some truth in humor.  The 172 is an inheriently stable airplane, it's aerodynamically designed to be that way.

I was issued this CAPID, but they told me I'd need to buy a sense of humor on my own...

[Huey Driver]

A 172 is essentially a Yugo with a garage door stapled to the roof.   The wake turbulence from a flatulent sparrow can toss them around.

If this was a joke, mark it Fail.

Why?

I found it to be pretty funny.

There needs to be some truth in humor.  The 172 is an inheriently stable airplane, it's aerodynamically designed to be that way.

I was issued this CAPID, but they told me I'd need to buy a sense of humor on my own...

Please excuse me if I am wrong, but I don't see any pilot quals in your sig... (Not saying that my CAP glider wings mean much of anything...)

I do think that the 172 is quite as stable as any other GA aircraft in it's class. It also has numerous little modifications from over the years that aren't very noticeable just looking at it, but it shows in its performance.

[SarDragon]

"Lighten up, Francis!" All of you!

The man made a funny. It wasn't malicious, but just his observations about an airplane.

The absence of "pilot" in one's sig doesn't mean an absence of knowledge about airplanes.