If I read this article right, the instructor flew deadstick and on short final, THROUGH the over pass before landing almost totally uneventfully, except for the one car that got in his way and got it's window broken, boo hoo. What a great story

https://idahostatejournal.com/news/loca ... da6a8.html

Cherokee seems to be a fine airplane to land on the freeway.

https://michaelsavage.com/small-plane-m ... in-canada/

Hardly a "wild" landing as it was referred to in the video, it looked great to me! Other then all those cars in the way.

A little puff of smoke at about 100 '. I think he had some power to help with sequencing. Went right to ground without hold off or bounce. Very impressive.

In Idaho and Washington our BFR checklist requires a simulated landing (without power) on a busy 4 lane divided highway. Commercial pilots must silulate the landing at night, and ATPs must land on a two lane county road with simulated two way traffic. Washington ATP pilots east of the Cascades can substitute a cattle drive or flock of sheep for two way traffic, at their option.

PapernScissors wrote:In Idaho and Washington our BFR checklist requires a simulated landing (without power) on a busy 4 lane divided highway. Commercial pilots must silulate the landing at night, and ATPs must land on a two lane county road with simulated two way traffic. Washington ATP pilots east of the Cascades can substitute a cattle drive or flock of sheep for two way traffic, at their option.

Who do you mean by "in Idaho & Washington our BFR checklist requires....."?
I live in Washington, and I've never had this come up in 25 years worth of BFR's.
In fact, doing a power-off simulated landing down to a realistic altitude "on a busy 4 lane divided highway" around here is likely to result in a police reception & some fast talking after landing.
Is that part of your BFR checklist also?

Pretty sure it was a joke.