How to land a plane on a train.

[onetrack]

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Having watched many road trains travel at speed on dusty farm roads the turbulence doesn't seem that bad.

The contrails from the back end of a road train are little different to the wingtip contrails off a heavy aircraft, they are vicious. As Nev says, try standing by the side of the road when a road train passes.

 

I was parked in an emergency lane of a major dual-carriage highway recently, and a road train passed within 2M of me at 100kmh, as I adjusted my load restraints. The wind blast threw me against the side of my ute. Flat-fronted, cab-over prime movers are amongst the worst for air displacement.

 

I pass about 100-120 (oncoming) double and B-triple road trains an hour, on a major highway regularly, many evenings. The wind blast off some of them hits my Hilux like a wall. Add in some cold, dense air, and the effect is worse.

[flying dog]

It is a bit like that Red Bull stunt a few years ago when they handed on the helipad on top of that high tower in Dubai.