Picture this: While the rest of us struggle to parallel park a Fiat in Rome traffic, Italian daredevil Dario Costa decided regular runways were for amateurs. He strapped into his tiny Zivko Edge 540, eyed a freight train chugging along at 75 mph, and thought, “Eh, why not land on the back cart… blind?” Years of simulations, zero visibility, turbulence from a locomotive’s slipstream, and a vertical takeoff like a caffeinated helicopter later, he nailed it. History made, jaws dropped, and probably a few train conductors needed new underwear.
Italian Pilot Becomes First to Land Plane on a Moving Train
