Look, sometimes you just really need to go to Cabela’s.
And when the store is 50 miles away, you have two options: get in the car and sit in traffic like a schmuck, or fire up the helicopter and be there in minutes.
Dennis Pipping chose the helicopter.
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The 69-year-old Wisconsin pilot flew from Rosendale to the Cabela’s in Richfield on Saturday evening, landing in a mostly empty section of the store’s parking lot so he could pick up some bowhunting supplies.
Naturally, some busybody saw a helicopter descend outside Cabela’s and called the police.
Washington County sheriff’s deputies arrived to investigate the unusual landing, only to discover there was no emergency, no dramatic getaway and no criminal activity.
Nothing to see here. Just a man who values his time and urgently needed a fresh pack of broadheads.
“So I asked my neighbor friend if he wanted to take a ride to Cabela’s to get some shopping done,” Pipping said.
Pipping, who has decades of flying experience, said he called the store before making the approximately 20-minute flight. He also circled the parking lot beforehand to make sure he had enough room to land safely.
When asked why he decided to fly rather than make the roughly 45-minute drive, Pipping responded with a question of his own.
“Why would you drive if you can fly there in a helicopter?” he said.
The man has a point.
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Pipping said there were no vehicles near the far end of the massive parking lot, allowing him to land, head inside and complete his shopping without incident.
By the time he returned, however, a deputy was waiting to check out the aircraft.
Pipping was properly licensed, had landed safely and complied with applicable Federal Aviation Administration regulations. He was not arrested or cited.
The sheriff’s office ultimately described the incident as a “unique way to make a shopping trip.”
And it’s even faster than Amazon.
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