Cessna 152 Lands On New Jersey Parkway

I'm not sure what's more congested, the NY/NJ airspace, or a New Jersey highway. Unfortunately for 44-year-old flight instructor Joe Rubino, and 58-year-old John Hannon they had to experience both today when the Cessna 152 they were piloting lost power on takeoff and was forced to make an emergency landing near Tinton Falls, NJ. The most surprising part is that someone was courteous enough to allow them to merge into traffic on the Garden State Parkway in order to put her down. Bystanders actually helped move the aircraft to the shoulder so they could keep on their commute. The aircraft was later loaded onto a flatbed truck and moved to another site.

(Don't drive this truck too fast, it doesn't take much for a 152 to want to get airborne.)

[Photos: MyFOXNY.com]
[Fox News]

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Banner-towing Cessna tries surfing instead

The pilot of this Cessna 150 had a lively 4th of July weekend. While towing a banner on Independence Day with his aircraft over the Surfside residential community beach just North of Seal Beach, California he lost engine power and was forced to ditch the aircraft in the ocean about 100 feet off the beach. The video starts up almost immediately after impact. Local life guards were able to drag the pilot and sole occupant out of the Cessna and back to the beach where he was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The pilot did manage to drop his banner shortly before bringing her in.

(LiveLeak and Press Telegram)

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Cessna takes off from Interstate 95

So what do you do when there's no runway around to takeoff on? Make one yourself. And any old road will do just fine, such as Interstate 95 in Volusia County, Florida. That's exactly what this pilot did today after his Cessna 152 made an emergency landing on the interstate earlier in the day. Adrian Thompson came to the scene after a flight instructor and student forced a landing on the median when their engine failed. Thompson was able to make a repair at the site and receive FAA and local authorities' blessings to takeoff right on the freeway. I like how he merges right behind the semi. I guessing the camera was mounted on an overpass, which Thompson barely manages to clear.

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