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March 31st, 2005, 22:18
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| Moderator  |  Landing on a Lake [ QUOTE ] Residents of Dassel, Minnesota saw a strange sight on Thursday. A small airplane went through the ice on Spring Lake. The pilot, a recently laid off Northwest Airlines mechanic, was flying to visit his mother. He planned to land on the lake — which is common in that area of Minnesota — when the plane's wheel hit a fish hole. The plane got stuck and slowly began sinking as the weight of the plane proved too much for the weak spring ice. Rescuers used inner tubes and other floatation devices to bring the plane up and keep it up. No one was hurt in the incident. (Copyright 2005 by KARE. All Rights Reserved.)   [/ QUOTE ] Now in that area of MN you have to take your ice houses of the lake by March 14th. Why in the world would one try to land a plane on the lake. |
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March 31st, 2005, 22:23
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,271
| Re: Landing on a Lake Hrmmm that sucks  I've landed on a lake before, but it was in late Jan, not march... It's very cool (no pun intended) just have to be safe about it. Overfly first to check out the area, (make sure it's not late march  )then make a soft field landing... One of the most memerable landings in my flying career...  |
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April 1st, 2005, 11:14
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland
Posts: 15,466
   | Re: Landing on a Lake A frozen lake in South Carolina?  I'm just funning Grabo, folks. He told me about this one and yeah, it sounded so cool! |
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April 1st, 2005, 16:32
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,271
| Re: Landing on a Lake [ QUOTE ] A frozen lake in South Carolina? [/ QUOTE ] April Fool! NO Just kidding, April Fool on the April Fool... Yep it was on Great Lake Sagandaga in NY... |
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