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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zbfZxvsDp3c
The mechanic got his positioning and timing perfect. A massive well done ! Stunning, what a hero!

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Hmmm. Impressed how well the pickup got up to the 150-180 or so MPH that the plane would have been doing!

Suspiciously arty camera work for a breaking news article..... that and the marketing text linked to the video....

I wondered too about the handiness of the good camerawork, but it might be a staff member. The plane was said to have been circling for a while so some prep was possible. Perhaps they routinely (now) video all 'difficult' landings ?

Do you really think that the plane is going 150-180 mph at this point?

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View the full commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vzyJLtJjfqE

never mind the landing speed, what about the weight.

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56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing

clearly a fake.... try and find any reputable news reports of it.

Yes! It looks like a Boeing 727, and although I gather they were famous for having a low stall speed, I don't think you can land them at much less than about 130 knots. Happy to defer to someone who actually knows something about planes, but pretty certain it would be WAY out of the Nissan's league!

Honestly, it's a fake - on so many levels! If they were going to routinely film difficult landings, they wouldn't have done it from behind the heads of the crowd in the terminal building would they?! As soon as the plane came to a halt, the emergency chutes would have been out and the passengers evacuated. Then, of course, there's the small matter of the weight in the back of the pickup truck - 20-30 tons at least, I'd guess. A low loader would have struggled! You'll notice, as it all comes to a halt, that the pickup is sat commendably level on its springs - not with it's nose pointing skywards and the back wheels on the bumpstops (and then some)!

You might also be curious as to how the pilot knew where the pickup was - he wouldn't have been able to see it for pretty much most of that manoeuvre - let alone known when the nose wheel was conveniently above the load bed!

The final clue, of course, is in the proper advert - the text that saying "fictionalization - do not attempt" is a bit of a giveaway!

Yep having watched it through a number of times and wondered about the different points that the pick up met the plane too, I am totally convinced that it was a set up/stunt/advert etc. A shame, but not too surprising really.
Having seen the link too that is an absolute convincer if nothing else was ! Ach well .... have to look for a hero elsewhere !

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They "safely" land wheels up or with one set of landing gear not deployed. They would never try something that risky when there are standard procedures in place.

Doubt they would get away with the ad over here either.

A considerable number of aircraft have landed safely with the nosewheel gear not deployed on landing. It seems to be the "standard" failure on the A320 !
Not deployed meaning the gear is not "centred" on touchdown.

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The world runs on oil, period. No other substance can compete when it comes to energy density, flexibility, ease of handling, ease of transportation. If oil didn’t exist we would have to invent it.”

56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing