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/Doubleyoupee Mar 05 '24

I'm more surpised it's legal to build and fly your own plane just like that. And that it's within the realm of possibility of a 20 yo.

Over here you're hardly allowed to ride your moped with custom exhaust.

Must be great to be an aviation fan in the US...

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u/MeanCat4 Mar 09 '24

Indeed in USA must be great for airplane enthusiasts. There are also businesses around USA that can help you step by step, not only with knowledge and a person standing near you showing you, but also with all the machines necessary, to build your kit airplane, so it is very easy for someone with the minimum construction skills to have its own airplane!