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Cheapo · September 12, 2001, 12:20 PM

Aww, given enough fuel (= TIME), I think we could get any state's highway patrol to clear a few miles of freeway.

Then any pair of reasonably competent passengers could be talked through the landing gear sequence and so forth, and then just idle the thing down to land.

It's just gotta be a few miles without any overpasses! Even in PA, that might mean a 2-lane remains the best bet...

Being the type of carried a bladder canteen in my carry-on baggage to Hawaii, I've also been known to carry one of those almost under-engineered plastic knives. Entering and staying a known disarmed victim zone always makes me nervous.

September 12, 2001, 12:20 PM	#11
Cheapo Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 1998 Posts: 986	Aww, given enough fuel (= TIME), I think we could get any state's highway patrol to clear a few miles of freeway. Then any pair of reasonably competent passengers could be talked through the landing gear sequence and so forth, and then just idle the thing down to land. It's just gotta be a few miles without any overpasses! Even in PA, that might mean a 2-lane remains the best bet... Being the type of carried a bladder canteen in my carry-on baggage to Hawaii, I've also been known to carry one of those almost under-engineered plastic knives. Entering and staying a known disarmed victim zone always makes me nervous.