Marine lands his plane on road at Purdue

[taxi1]

Kitbuilt aircraft, the motor decided to not run. Seems like a great job avoiding things while landing it in a neighborhood. BZ!

Purdue grad student lands plane on Lafayette street

David Tibbo was trying to buy gift cards for his friends Thursday evening for helping him move his vehicle out of the middle of the road.

www.purdueexponent.org

 

[skybert]

interesting

 

[Swanee]

Kitbuilt aircraft, the motor decided to not run. Seems like a great job avoiding things while landing it in a neighborhood. BZ!

Purdue grad student lands plane on Lafayette street

David Tibbo was trying to buy gift cards for his friends Thursday evening for helping him move his vehicle out of the middle of the road.

www.purdueexponent.org

From the article, "His first step was to find the plane’s best glide speed, the optimum speed at which a plane should travel to obtain an even glide.

“I hadn’t gotten to that point yet in my syllabus, so I had to guess,” Tibbo said."

So did he not have a PPL?!

 

[HAL Pilot]

From the article, "His first step was to find the plane’s best glide speed, the optimum speed at which a plane should travel to obtain an even glide.

“I hadn’t gotten to that point yet in my syllabus, so I had to guess,” Tibbo said."

So did he not have a PPL?!

Since he was talking about testing his plane, I took it as he hadn't explored that flight regime yet.

 

[Jim123]

He's got a PPL airplane SEL and instrument rating in the FAA database. I hope he takes some of that grad level aerospace propulsion and figures out some electrical redundancy in his powerplant. All's well that ends well and nice job on the landing.

 

[HeartofTexas]

Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

 

[DanMa1156]

From the article, "His first step was to find the plane’s best glide speed, the optimum speed at which a plane should travel to obtain an even glide.

“I hadn’t gotten to that point yet in my syllabus, so I had to guess,” Tibbo said."

So did he not have a PPL?!

What @HAL Pilot - this guy is actually a member of our forums, a lurker more really than anything else. Good buddy of mine and a hell of a pilot and former Prowler NFO. The FAA recording of him has him cool as a cucumber. Guy really knows what he's talking about when it comes to flying. He built that plane on his own while doing his Masters and recently (past few months) got it certified for flight with the FAA but still has less than 50 hours total in it, so he's breaking it in.

 

[Swanee]

What @HAL Pilot - this guy is actually a member of our forums, a lurker more really than anything else. Good buddy of mine and a hell of a pilot and former Prowler NFO. The FAA recording of him has him cool as a cucumber. Guy really knows what he's talking about when it comes to flying. He built that plane on his own while doing his Masters and recently (past few months) got it certified for flight with the FAA but still has less than 50 hours total in it, so he's breaking it in.

Now that you mention it, I remember seeing his name around MAG-14.


Interesting.

 

[KODAK]

What @HAL Pilot - this guy is actually a member of our forums, a lurker more really than anything else. Good buddy of mine and a hell of a pilot and former Prowler NFO. The FAA recording of him has him cool as a cucumber. Guy really knows what he's talking about when it comes to flying. He built that plane on his own while doing his Masters and recently (past few months) got it certified for flight with the FAA but still has less than 50 hours total in it, so he's breaking it in.

Do you happen to have a link to the audio? He and I went to high school together - had no idea he joined the Marines..

 

[nittany03]

He built that plane on his own while doing his Masters and recently (past few months) got it certified for flight with the FAA but still has less than 50 hours total in it, so he's breaking it in.

Might want to tell him to take that a little less literally . . . just sayin'. ?

 

[DanMa1156]

Do you happen to have a link to the audio? He and I went to high school together - had no idea he joined the Marines..

I don't, I'll see if he'll let me post it somewhere.

That's funny. He's a USNA company-mate of mine. Small world.

 

[taxi1]

I wonder if it wasn't an electric drive? Looks like a Sonex or similar, but the cowling is oddball. Need more info!

@DanMa1156 order him to show up in this thread and give us the scoop. Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[DanMa1156]

I wonder if it wasn't an electric drive? Looks like a Sonex or similar, but the cowling is oddball. Need more info!

@DanMa1156 order him to show up in this thread and give us the scoop. Inquiring minds want to know...

Ha, I'll let him know!

 

[Jim123]

It's a Sonex and as registered the engine listed is a ULPower 260. Good, basic airplane and a reputable engine that's a good fit for that airframe.

 

[wink]

Given the airmanship required it is worth noting he must have had very few hours flying the plane. Might have gotten a checkout in a Sonex, but still, not much and we know less than 50. Decent stick monkey for a NFO, no?