Actor Harrison Ford injured in light plane crash

[gary]

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash-in-los-angeles-20150306-13wv3e.html

[GeoffW1]

Yes,

He was flying Solo

[PeterEde]

Best they take his intergalactic licence from him.

[Hans Tucker]

Was he trying to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs :question:

[glend]

I hear he is signed for the Blade Runner sequel.

Someone call Sean Connery to tell Indiana he is too old for this nonsense.

[GeoffW1]

It will be called Blade Shuffler

[torana68]

last I heard hes not too bad, landed near some Doctors playing Golf.... plane needs some work

[hobbit]

apparently it's far from his first crash

[GeoffW1]

Yes true,

On the other hand he does do a lot of flying. I seriously wish I had the money to do that stuff myself, I'd love it.

I was reading about a pack which can be fitted to some light planes which deploys a parachute in case of engine failure, allowing the plane to crash very gently. I'd have one or two of those bolted on.

Cheers

[LewisM]

Poor poor Ryan STM....

Oh, glad Hans Solo is OK too.

[hobbit]

Ballistic recovery system.
unfortunately it's only certified for cirrus aircraft and the cessna 172/182.

[LewisM]

Nah, a few more according to Wookiepedia:

Aircraft supported[edit]
BRS Models are available for:

The whole line of Cirrus Design general aviation aircraft. The Cirrus BRS models are known as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System.
Cessna 172, Cessna 182, Cessna 162
Symphony SA-160
Non-certified airplanes up to 1,800 pounds (820 kg) weight
A wide variety of non-certified Ultralight aircraft
A wide variety of Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). BRS is standard equipment on the following approved LSAs:[5]
AMD Zodiac
Aeroprakt A-22 FPNA
Apollo Fox
Apollo Delta Jet (Trike)
CZAW SportCruiser
Eurofox
FK-9
Flight Design CTSW series
P&M Aviation Quik Trike
P&M Aviation Quik GT450 Trike

I know they were also fitted to Decathalons and Citabrias.

Unless an aircraft suffers structural failure, there is not a great need for them, considering all pilots practicwe Forced Landings (landing without power/ gliding), which is EXACTLY what Ford did, and seemed to have done it pretty well too considering he is still alive and considering the proximety of obstacles in his flight path. Pretty well done I say (coming from a former international airline instructor pilot)

[multiweb]

Here you go. He did it again.

[Kevnool]

The bloke has had a lucky escape his skill put him on the golf course instead of the houses on both sides.
He is a hero as it could of been much worse and some want to make fun of this.
I bet if it was one of you there would be no light hearted humor.
Maybe I should of logged on next month so I wouldn't of seen this.

[GeoffW1]

Aw Kev,

Come down. No-one was truly speaking from the Dark Side.

May the Force be with you ;)

[hobbit]

I stand corrected. I was going off the manufacturers listing which was only listing certified GA planes. Curious it didn't list the decathlon and citabria though.
You can do a forced landing but unless you have a nice long flat landing area, you're taking your chances of hitting something on landing. The BRS eliminates most of that.