World's Dumbest People??

[TubaTinker]

"I didn't see it" hardly seems like a good excuse for crashing into a Ferris wheel!
http://news.yahoo.com/plane-hits-ferris-wheel-australia-no-injuries-080551274.html

[Ken Herrick]

The pilot had just had to abort a landing at an airstrip very near where the little country show ( like your small county fairs) was on. With nose up attitude , yep, didn't see it. VERY lucky nobody got killed. The live interview - well to say he was embarrassed would be an understatement. Lesson one for learning to fly - keep a good watch and look for 'escape routes' should something go wrong.

[TubaTinker]

The pilot had just had to abort a landing at an airstrip very near where the little country show ( like your small county fairs) was on. With nose up attitude , yep, didn't see it. VERY lucky nobody got killed. The live interview - well to say he was embarrassed would be an understatement. Lesson one for learning to fly - keep a good watch and look for 'escape routes' should something go wrong.

I figured there was more to the story than just "I didn't see it"!

Rule #1 when flying a real aircraft is probably not much different than when flying R/C models... except when intentionally landing... always maintain an altitude a minimum of at least three mistakes up.

[bloke]

He wouldn't have hit the Ferris wheel at all except for the fact that

- he was at precisely the right place at precisely the wrong time, or that
- he was at precisely the wrong place at precisely the right time.

[tubatooter1940]

This is me on my usual morning commute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpwqpE