snoop1130 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Harrison Ford's plane in near miss after wrongly crossing a runway By Greg Milam The actor is known for his love of flying Harrison Ford is being investigated by US aviation regulators after his plane wrongly crossed a runway as another aircraft was taking off. It is the latest piloting close-call for the 77-year-old Star Wars and Indiana Jones actor. The incident took place at the small Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles on Friday with Ford at the controls of his yellow two-seater Aviat Husky plane. In a statement to Sky News, his spokeswoman said: "Mr Ford crossed the airport's only runway in his aircraft after he misheard a radio instruction from air traffic control. He immediately acknowledged the mistake and apologised to ATC for the error. Full Story: https://news.sky.com/story/harrison-ford-investigated-after-plane-near-miss-at-airport-11980893 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dabhand Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 He seems to have previous. This from 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/15/harrison-ford-in-plane-crash-near-miss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 Maybe he thought he was flying the Millennium Falcon and making the Kessel Run.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watthong Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 39 minutes ago, dabhand said: He seems to have previous. This from 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/15/harrison-ford-in-plane-crash-near-miss Do us a big favor Han, don't fly over populated areas. Other than that, oceans, mountains and deserts are all yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 Once you start making fundamental errors in your flying, its time to put your feet up and let others do the piloting. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 First he lands on a runway embarrassing and deadly and now this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aforek Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Pilotman said: Once you start making fundamental errors in your flying, its time to put your feet up and let others do the piloting. I like him as an actor, but it's the second time and now he is 77 years old; maybe dangerous for other people 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 He needs to be grounded and licence revoked, once was bad enough but twice proves hes gotten too old to fly and is now just irresponsible and dangerous.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarshall Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 He should probably stop driving a car as well. Silly old fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Regulator needs to pull his license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) This kind of thing happens constantly, often with commercial pilots flying planes with hundreds of people on board. The amount of human error when it comes to piloting would boggle your mind. Give the guy a break. Do you know how many flights a day Hawthorne Airport handles? It is a very small municipal airport with only one runway, and the chances of another plane being on that runway when he crossed it is ridiculously small. Harrison is a very skilled pilot. Yes, there was one other incident, but he owns seven planes, including a jet, and a helicopter. He flies alot, and rarely uses pilots to fly him around. Edited May 1, 2020 by spidermike007 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmyself Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 16 hours ago, dabhand said: He seems to have previous. This from 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/15/harrison-ford-in-plane-crash-near-miss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 16 hours ago, madmen said: First he lands on a runway embarrassing and deadly and now this? I thought it was a taxiway, or was that a fairway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Harrison Ford's plane in near miss after wrongly crossing a runway It's about time that his Wings are going to be Clipped , He's 77 Yrs Old and He had too many Mishaps. ????️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Time to sell the wings Harrison, it isn't just you you're risking. I hope that I have the sense to stop driving / riding bikes when the time comes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Han Solo he is NOT and never has been...just played him on the silver screen. Time to ground him before he kills himself, or worse...others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf81 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 George Carlin on "near miss": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 He has crashed his plane twice and also 2 other incidents. A great actor but now is the time to relax at home in your chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) On 5/1/2020 at 2:05 PM, spidermike007 said: This kind of thing happens constantly, often with commercial pilots flying planes with hundreds of people on board. The amount of human error when it comes to piloting would boggle your mind. Give the guy a break. Do you know how many flights a day Hawthorne Airport handles? It is a very small municipal airport with only one runway, and the chances of another plane being on that runway when he crossed it is ridiculously small. Harrison is a very skilled pilot. Yes, there was one other incident, but he owns seven planes, including a jet, and a helicopter. He flies alot, and rarely uses pilots to fly him around. But in the airlines we always have another set of eyes in the cockpit. On long-haul up to two more sets for takeoff, initial climb, approach landing, and taxiing. Still as you said there are errors. He is 77. Maybe not time to hang it up but how about fly with a safety pilot? Young guys building hours as CFI would be happy to join him! Edited May 2, 2020 by Captain Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Captain Monday said: But in the airlines we always have another set of eyes in the cockpit. On long hall up to two more sets for takeoff, initial climb, approach landing, and taxiing. Still as you said there are errors. He is 77. Maybe not time to hang it up but how about fly with a safety pilot? Young guys building hours as CFI would be happy to join him! Probably a very good idea, especially when flying the jet. He sure could afford it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: Probably a very good idea, especially when flying the jet. He sure could afford it! What kind of jet does he have? Most require a min crew of two. (I don't support working for free for ethical reasons but there are guys who need hours who would.) Edited May 2, 2020 by Captain Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Captain Monday said: What kind of jet does he have? Most require a min crew of two. (I don't support working for free for ethical reasons but there are guys who need hours who would.) Appears to be a Cessna Citation Sovereign. Worth about $18 million. He also has about seven other planes. No idea if he uses a co-pilot on this one, but I think you are right. Would be a good idea. It is likely he does. According to this article he was using one for this flight, at least. The actor, 74, was seen boarding a plane at the Santa Monica Airport on Thursday. Ford, who was joined by a co-pilot, took the captain’s seat of the Cessna 680 two-engine jet. https://people.com/celebrity/harrison-ford-takes-captain-seat-of-jet-just-days-after-latest-flying-incident/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) Big one. Min Crew of 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Citation_Sovereign I like the Honda Jet. Single pilot certified, but Not enough range for me. I need to get from LAX to CNX with just one fuel stop.???? . https://www.pilotmall.com/blogs/news/7-best-single-pilot-jets-available-in-2020 New Gulfstream can do SFO-CNX Nonstop. Too bad it is sold out to 2023. $75 mil https://www.gulfstream.com/en/aircraft/gulfstream-g700/ Edited May 2, 2020 by Captain Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 He is getting too old for this s$@#! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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