You don't have to be a pilot to taxi your plane to the pub

[mikea]

A 37-year-old man who taxied his light plane down the main street in the WA Pilbara town of Newman and parked it at a pub has been fined.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-18/man-who-taxied-plane-down-main-street-of-newman-fined/5901162

You can't say he was winging it.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

That is just Awesome!

 

[Hobobiker]

That is just Awesome!

Agreed!

...but I wouldn't have wanted to have been the new, freshly-washed car behind him on a dirty, pebble-ladened street...

 

[Florida Cracker]

Where there's a will there's a government agency determined to keep it from happening.

 

[mikea]

We should be impressed that the guy figured out to steer with the pedals.

 

[jesse]

My dad once landed his Callair on a street in front of a bar in a small town to attend a party there. His crop dusting day took longer than expected and figured it'd be faster to just drop by in the plane on the way home from the field he was working.

Of course that was about twenty five years ago.

 

[Circuit Flyer]

According to the article, not only was the plane taxiing, the propeller was turning!

 

[JasonM]

That is just Awesome!

Yeah it is! Imagine the pickup lines in the bar!

 

[mikea]

According to the article, not only was the plane taxiing, the propeller was turning!

OMG! Will nobody think of the children?

 

[48dodge]

It's been done before, don't see what the big deal is.

http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/helicron-1932