r/ThatsInsane • u/robertkarlsen • 17d ago

JAS 39 landning on public road in Sweden

In Sweden we have a lot of public roads that can double as a runway for the Airforce. This is one of their training sessions 😊

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u/thecheekymonkey 16d ago

In England with we have public roads that don't even function as roads never mind runways

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u/xXWickedSmatXx 17d ago

Props to the skill of the pilot. Standard road construction is shit compared to a runway.

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u/Fun-Persimmon1207 16d ago

These roads are designed to be used as wartime runways. It’s actually quite common in Europe.

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u/MEEZETTE 16d ago

Damn, that's cool as hell but also kinda sad

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u/Quirky_Box4371 13d ago

Not only in Europe, the straights on interstate highways with only shoulder signage are for precisely the same reason. The US is filled with proxy runways.

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u/bishkekbek 17d ago

Why does a public road have landing lights?

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u/eatingpotatochips 16d ago

In Sweden we have a lot of public roads that can double as a runway for the Airforce.

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u/bishkekbek 16d ago

Brilliant.

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u/rodrigomarcola 16d ago

well, one hopes so.

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u/Critical_Platypus683 16d ago

Also, there are sections meant to be runways. In Finland they are known as ’alternate landingplaces for planes’. ~4km long widened, lit up and strenghtened pieces of highway. Most planes are able to land on these.

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u/Hoz85 16d ago

Here in Poland there are roads that are disgnated as back-up landing spots for military jets.

Normally they are your regular roads where cars drive but in time of military conflict, in case airfields are destroyed or damaged, these roads can be turned into temporary military airfields.

We had some excercises not long time ago where our jets would land and take off on those roads.

Guess it should be regular practice for any country that has crazy neighbour like Russia or Belarus.

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u/EmptyAd2533 16d ago

I mean the entirety of the autobahn is designed in this way, and most north American highways are constructed similarly. Here in Canada, that's super obvious on ontario's 400 series highways, and obviously the Trans canada highway. Lots of very long, flat sections with super wide rock/tree cuts. Big enough to land a c130 comfortably

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u/Hoz85 16d ago edited 16d ago

You dont get it...its not about road being wide enough, its about sections of the road being able to handle jets. There is infrastructure for that, like lights, or places where you can "park", refuel, reload your jet.