A 21-year-old pilot looking for a place to snowboard lost control of his 1941 Taylorcraft in a snow-crust landing and slid to the brink of a cliff. The plane caught on a rock just below the top, and nobody was hurt. Read the story here. More photos and discussion at SuperCub.org.
Photo: P. Saltonstall
Friday, April 24, 2009
Cliffhanger in the Talkeetna Mountains
A 21-year-old pilot looking for a place to snowboard lost control of his 1941 Taylorcraft in a snow-crust landing and slid to the brink of a cliff. The plane caught on a rock just below the top, and nobody was hurt. Read the story here. More photos and discussion at SuperCub.org.
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A great article in the Anchorage News about the "incident";
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/aviation/story/776605.html
Thanks Mary. I'll post a link.
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