Emergency landing on Wisconsin highway

A World War II-era plane made an emergency landing on a southeast Wisconsin highway Sunday 22 July 2007, snarling traffic as authorities worked to remove it.
No injuries were reported after the fighter plane landed on U.S. Hwy. 41 near Fon du Lac County Airport shortly before 8 p.m., authorities said.

Specifications of the plane:

T-6G / Harvard

- General characteristics
Crew: two (student and instructor)
Length: 29 ft (8.84 m)
Wingspan: 42 ft (12.81 m)
Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.57 m)
Wing area: 253.7 ft² (23.6 m²)
Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
Loaded weight: 5,617 lb (2,548 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)

- Performance
Maximum speed: 208 mph at 5,000 ft (335 km/h at 1,500 m)
Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
Range: 730 miles (1,175 km)
Service ceiling: 24,200 ft (7,400 m)
Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)

- Armament
Provision for 1× 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• emergency
• landing
• on
• Wisconsin
• highway

[gebezeira]

is that a T6 or a thunderbolt?

[rtammes]

It is a 1946 North American T-6G plane :-D

[pnut268]

Licence and registration please!

You know how fast you were going there son?

[jonwop]

failure to signal a lane change

[carveriscool]

Only in Wisconsin. XD

[ipie55]

the cop woke up and siad its going to be one of thows days

[salemcripple]

they probably used a trailer. If it was a Navy plane, they would just fold the wings up. Otherwise they would have to remove them. I see planes on trailers all the time I live pretty close to a airport. With personal planes it's more common than you would think.

[thedanyole]

despite the idiot that got in his way, that couldnt have gone better. sweet save! fuggin rebberneckers

[wilsonXvideoXmad]

yano the guy in the white car got in trouble and i think its a fkin joke loool not his folt he wants to crash a plan on a motorway for cars looool how was he ment to no they was a plane comeing down looool i would laugh in the cops face and tell him to take me cort soo i can laugh in the judges face lol whats this world comeing 2

[lightningmunk]

I DRIVE ON THAT HIGHWAY ALL THE TIME

coooool :P

[scovronski12]

it was north east WI not SE

[scovronski12]

that officer wasnt arresting him, just making sure everyone was okay. the reason he ran after the white car was because he passed in a no passing lane(lol)or because he was interfering with emergency work

[wires99]

I'd imagine the guy in the white car is in trouble for getting in the way. Notice that there are lots of cars pulled over to the shoulder, and many police cars. You think maybe they tried to clear the way? The white car pulls alongside and rubber-necks. Perhaps he should have pulled over and stayed out of the way like everyone else. Oh, cool plane, and nice landing. Highways are usually a lot smaller targets than runways, making them more difficult to land on.

[bg11215]

Were the officers cuffing the pilot, is that what happened?  Why would they do that???!! If he landed on the highway, he surely had a good reason to, no? It's not illegal to land on the highway in an emergency, is it? And why did the officer run after the white car befoe that? As a witness?