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However, he crashed every plane he flew.

• sandworm101 4y ago
  He also wasn't landing at an airport with help from ATC. If you put an aircraft down on an unprepared beach/field, and walk away, that was a good landing irrespective of any damage done. For many pilots, a "crash" must be unintentional. Deliberately putting an aircraft down somewhere other than a runway is "ditching" or a forced landing, but never a crash.
  • shkkmo 4y ago
    > If you put an aircraft down on an unprepared beach/field, and walk away, that was a good landing irrespective of any damage done. For his skill level, walking away is a great result. However, there are Alaskan bush pilots who land some pretty remarkable places. Some of them are not official runways and many of the ones that are official (Alaska has a LOT) won't have ATC support. OFC, Alaskan bush pilots aren't representative of pilots overall, but they still show we should be careful about overgeneralizing. When my father and his friend tipped their plane forward and bent their prop landing on a gravel bar moose hunting, it wasn't a "good" landing, but neither was it "ditching" or a "forced landing" (they were able to unload the plane and trim the prop enough to fly the plane out so it wasn't that bad of a landing either). From past discussion on here, it is a little complicated if it was legally considered a "crash".
    • cbm-vic-20 4y ago
      Those planes have reinforced landing gear that is much more suitable for landing in those places, as opposed to planes that usually land on paved surfaces.
• kelseyfrog 4y ago
  As the adage goes, "any aircraft landing you can walk away from is a good landing" and "any landing where you can still use the aircraft is a great landing."
  • Aeolun 4y ago
    Current air traffic consists of a lot of extremely unremarkable great landings then :)
• foldr 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/6cDohyRbzeo?t=159 https://youtu.be/6cDohyRbzeo?t=159