Perry Mick wrote:

Citabria Snarls San Jose Traffic
Commercial pilot Roger Standley was flying a
rented Citabria [familiarization note: spell it
backwards -- cool, huh? --ed.] Thursday morning,
when the engine went quiet, something that often
happens when a rod punches a hole in the case,
as happened this time.
He was near San Jose (CA), and looked down on
busy Highway 101, which, at 11AM, was carrying
too much traffic to be a safe place to land. The
frontage road, though, Malech Road, was, as
usual, deserted.
He put the little Citabria down on Malech Road,
and started an all-day traffic jam on 101, as the
gawkers slowed to see the plane, and then as they
watched it being put on a trailer. [Don't you wonder
why they don't go out to the airport to look at
airplanes? --ed]
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Blake
Hannigan of Amelia Reid Aviation owns the airplane, and he
said it would be back in service by Sunday (yesterday).
FMI: http://www.amerchampionaircraft.com
--
Perry J. Mick
Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

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