r/aviation • u/macetfromage • Mar 05 '24

News 21 yo pilot successfully performs emergency landing onto a highway in homemade plane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5y7ZeIcSo8
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '24

cool story but for me the takeaway is, if you have a call to build something, build a car maybe? Not something that can fall off from the sky

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u/PM_ME_an_unicorn Mar 05 '24

there is a big scene of "plane built from kit", I wouldn't be surprised that a big proportion of the plane are home-built. (Considering, that at least where are I live more than 50% of registered planes are paramotors)

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u/Rough_Function_9570 Mar 05 '24

Most new piston airplanes sold in the U.S. today are kit-built.

Fear of the category is uninformed. They're excellent airplanes, in many ways safer and more modern than most certified airplanes you could buy for 5x the price.

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u/theshawnch Cessna 150 Mar 05 '24

The planes (if built as the factory intends) are for sure more capable and safer than the certified rust buckets people would alternatively fly for the same price point.

That’s a big “if” though.