Tree-assisted plane landing - GIF

[Jon]

When you're trying to find a spot in a crowded parking lot, and a good one opens up:



I've actually heard this tactic recommended by old pilots: if you have to put the plane down in a forest, try to fly between two trees. If it works, the trees flex to absorb your speed, chop off your wings, then you just plop gently to the ground.


Previously:

C-130 Hercules fire bomber loses its wings and crashes - video
Fire bomber plane puts out truck fire - GIF, photos, and video
Microburst causes planes to takeoff by themselves - video
Drunk man steals airplane
1920s airplane wing walking
Airplane short takeoff/landing records
Wing snaps off airplane, whole-plane parachute deploys
Bird strike through Cessna 210 windshield
Aerobatic helicopter tricks
James Bond flies world's smallest jet through hangar in Octo*****
C-130s modified with rockets for hostage rescue