Some people cannot stand red traffic lights.

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Boac · #1 Post by **Boac** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:17 pm

Texas yesterday.

PHXPhlyer · #2 Post by **PHXPhlyer** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:32 pm

He missed one.

More info?

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TheGreenGoblin · #3 Post by **TheGreenGoblin** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:32 pm

Authorities in Chambers County, Texas, are offering few details on the crash of a Stearman that was attempting to take off from a highway in the town of Winnie on Saturday. The aircraft was destroyed but the pilot reportedly has only minor injuries. Cellphone video shows the biplane lifting off from County Highway 124 just before an intersection.

The highway appears to have been blocked off to allow the takeoff. The local Rice Festival Parade had just finished and KRTK in Houston reported that the aircraft “was headed back to the airport from the parade” when the mishap occurred. The video shows the aircraft climbing before clipping a light standard with its landing gear in the intersection. The light itself falls to the ground after that collision and a second collision with a wire on the other side of the intersection ends the flight.

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/ste ... y-takeoff/

TheGreenGoblin · #4 Post by **TheGreenGoblin** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:34 pm

PHXPhlyer · #5 Post by **PHXPhlyer** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:38 pm

Thanks.

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TheGreenGoblin · #6 Post by **TheGreenGoblin** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:40 pm

Saved by the upper wing. Same thing basically happened in a Tiger Moth on landing at Headcorn in Kent 2 weeks ago. Both pilots walked away from the the aircraft that turned turtle after it hit electricity cables and crashed upside down. The airfield lost power for the rest of the day. Two very experienced airlines pilots disappeared, probably, to the bar, to discuss what had happened!

k3k3 · #7 Post by **k3k3** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:15 pm

Makes me think of a "I am not a robot" Captcha thing, click all the traffic lights.

PHXPhlyer · #8 Post by **PHXPhlyer** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:48 pm

Will he be ticketed for running a red light?

FAA will probably "ticket" him, too.

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llondel · #9 Post by **llondel** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:39 pm

Perhaps he should have waited for a green?

TheGreenGoblin · #10 Post by **TheGreenGoblin** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:11 am

What is amazing to me is that they allowed the traffic in the offside lane to continue flowing while this chap attempted his ill conceived take off! The FAA should look at the administration of this event, as well as the pilot, who should have known better.

TheGreenGoblin · #11 Post by **TheGreenGoblin** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:28 am

k3k3 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:15 pm
Makes me think of a "I am not a robot" Captcha thing, click all the traffic lights.

That comment would completely throw a South African, as traffic lights are called robots in SA!

"Prove you are not a robot by clicking on all the images with robots!"

Woody · #12 Post by **Woody** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:38 am

That comment would completely throw a South African, as traffic lights are called robots in SA!

Definitely confusing the first time you see this on a road

G-CPTN · #13 Post by **G-CPTN** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:55 am

In the 1940s, traffic lights in the UK were known as robot lights - presumably because they operated without human control?

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