21 year old woman makes a hell of a landing on I-10 in Pensacola.

I saw that. That was an awesome flying job. Thankfully nobody got hurt.

I dont like to go on a boat with one engine. wouldn't do a plane.

‘We are going down on I-10’​

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Probably not the first time thats been said.

LOL So i went on Flight Aware and found the plane's STINGRAY LLC .

patdog said:

Video from dashcam of truck she flew over just before flying under the sign and landing the plane safely. Pretty 17ing bada$$.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/08/05/...zpWK3qfLfw6Q2S9KjI_aem_htQmvaB9yodgty3CTyTt6g

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If the pilots on Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane would have done the same thing on Interstate 55, we would have had some more great albums.

BulldogBlitz said:

Probably not the first time thats been said.

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Dated a hot mama from Pace a couple of yrs ago. She never said it....just did it.

I had an engine failure due to pilot era on my 3rd or 4th flight lesson. I cut the dang gas off to both tanks when I was supposed to just switch tanks.

I was flying an old 1961 or was it 62 Piper Cherokee 160. To switch tanks you turn a handle on a dial. All the indicator marks on the dial could not be seen from the pilots chair. You just had to feel it hit the notches but if you didn't know about the notches then you may miss them as they were just slight bumps that you may not feel if you weren't aware of them.

Dial turned to:
8 o'clock - both tanks off
10 o'clock - left tank on
12 o'clock - both tanks off
2 o'clock - right tank on
4 o'clock - both tanks off

I didn't understand the dials and turned it passed 2 o'clock and shut off both tanks. I said to my instructor and I quote myself, "I think we just lost an engine." I knew that we only had one engine and he said, "Switch it BACK!" I was already doing that part and got the engine going rather quickly. I was at the Starkville Airport in pattern so we shouldn't have an issue getting to the runway as I was right beside it in pattern. I could have easily turned and coasted down but you only get one chance, no do overs.

We didn't figure out what happened until we got on the ground to investigate it.

My instructor made this comment, "Just another day of student pilots trying to kill me." I thought to myself but didn't say, "Maybe we should have discussed how to switch those tanks on the ground so this won't happen."

she did a hell of a job going under the sign and landing. When they first said 21 year old female instructor, I thought well, there's the problem. But she nailed it and made me eat crow.

HOLY SHEIT!

What a landing!

Flew under the overhead signage?
Showing off even in an emergency!

Hire this girl. Stat.

Stupid woman pilot didn't know the difference between the runway and the Interstate? ***

I was always told as a kid that when the interstates were originally designed and built that the government required a straight section every so many miles with nothing overhead for the purpose of military aircraft dispersing during the time of war. Plus emergency aircraft landing. Eisenhower copied what the Germans did with the autobahn during WW II. I’ve since read that that’s an urban myth.

Dawgbite said:

I was always told as a kid that when the interstates were originally designed and built that the government required a straight section every so many miles with nothing overhead for the purpose of military aircraft dispersing during the time of war. Plus emergency aircraft landing. Eisenhower copied what the Germans did with the autobahn during WW II. I’ve since read that that’s an urban myth.

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I don't know that it could hold a C-130 necessarily but anything smaller could absolutely use the interstates as emergency landing strips. Pretty much any two-lane road could be used as long as there was clearance from trees and powerlines to the sides.

We left Miramar Beach early Monday morning and drove right by that. It was quite a scene!!

QuadrupleOption said:

I don't know that it could hold a C-130 necessarily

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Fun fact: Not only did we once land a C-130 on an at-sea aircraft carrier - there's footage!

I’d hit it…

What's even more impressive to me than the landing, is just how calm she was. I'm sure that's part of the training; impressive none the less.

So, she's 16+5 and not a student you say?