I think I recall reading an article about a passenger landing a passenger jet in one of my aviation magazines, but don't quote me on that. It's certainly not as common as in the movies. Even with my basic pilot cert I don't know if I would be able to do it.
But as for small planes, it happens. It's unfortunately frequent enough that there are even one-day training progams for spouses and family of pilots of small planes to just familiarize them with the cockpit so that if they're ever in that situation they aren't entirely clueless and hopefully they can at least know how to use the radio (one of the more complicated parts, IMO). -Kevin On 10/6/05, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/features/20moviethings.htm > > Check out # 34. I have a question about that. Has there -ever- been a > case where a non-pilot landed a plane? How about a passenger jet? > > -- > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc ( > www.mindseye.com <http://www.mindseye.com>) > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com <http://ray.camdenfamily.com> > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176043 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
