Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Emergency Plane Landing on Hwy. 22

Some days nothing seems to go right, say like when your single engine aircraft makes an emergency landing on La. Hwy. 22 west of Mandeville. Then again, if you're a volunteer fire fighter called to the scene, it's a little break in the routine from fighting fires. This emergency landing took place in the early 1980's near the entrance to Beau Chene subdivision. 




Not all landings were as smooth as the one above, however.


Meanwhile, back in 1919....