i want to bring in tom haynes.son ford for ten years, flown in a helicopter with him. those images behind kyung lah at that fence 30 feet away from the plane that shows just the incredible maneuver that would have been required if this was done on purpose, what do you think? you know harrison ford. you know his skill. what do you think happened? >> well too early to speculate, but i know harrison and flown with him. he's skilled, very safety-conscious and goes to training routinely for all of his aircraft. my guess is that he did just what pilots are trained to do. always looking for places to go should there be a problem and he did what he needed to do which is put the airplane down safely and not injure anybody else. >> i know you have flown with him in comethelicopters before. it's a two seater but when flown by himself, he was in the backseat and maybe part of the reason why he's alive right now. did he have a particular love for this plane, this type of plane? we know it was a vintage world war ii ryan pt 22.

his friend, tom haynes who is a pilot, says ford is a very capable flier who did a good job with the plane given the circumstances. >> harrison had very few options there in this particular case around santa monica. then he did a really excellent job of finding the right spot putting the airplane down safely without injuring anyone. >> according to faa record ford has been a licensed pilot since 2002. >> what a difference a day makes. traffic is finally moving on interstate 56 in kentucky. a big change from just 24 hours ago. this is what the same interstate looked like yesterday. the national guard had to be called in for this massivebackup. more than 200 tractor-trailers jackknifed causing gridlock. >>> it's an all too familiar sight today. you've seen a lot of this. you've probably done a lot of this as well shoveling and digging out from yesterday's snowstorm. this has many of us just dreaming of summer. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter tells thus is the time of year to make your summer rental plans. >> a day after the latest snowstorm left ocean city's beach and boardwalk cov

joining us also on the phone is tom haynes who has flown with harrison ford. tor in chief of the airline owner and pilots association monthly magazine pilot. tom, thanks for being with us. as i said you have flown with harrison ford. what kind of a pilot is he? >> harrison is a very meticulous pilot. i have flown with him in his helicopter. the day i flow with him, he did the most thorough preflight i've seen anybody do ever on a helicopter and i know he routinely goes for recurrent training on a frequent schedule. and has a high profile and we know he's very careful about that. and does all the right things. >> he began -- he got his license in 1996 flying mostly out of wyoming and tooedederboro i understand but since then in a bunch of type of aircraft. do you know how often he flies, typically? >> he flies very frequently. he's got quite a number of airplanes. many of them several of them are from the world war ii era like the ryan pt 22 and he flies them all on a regular schedule maintains a lot of profishlt si in them. >> it's amazing to me he's not only r

. >> tom haynes has flown with ford. tom haynes has flown with ford. he is the editor of aircraft he is the editor of aircraft owners and pilots association ma owners and pilots as thanks for being with us. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, willie. >> good morning, willie. >> you have flown numerous times with harrison ford not since 2011. how would you describe him as a pilot? >> harrison is very meticulous in his flying. does extra training, more than is required. i've seen him into an incredibly thorough preflight of his helicopter before our flight in helicopter, and very cautious and capable. >> we hear this is a world war ii era training plane. what does ma mean? is it more safe? less safe than we might expect? >> it is a vintage airplane designed only about 30 years after the wright brothers flew. so there are dynamics of it of course are from that era, and modern training airplane would handle differently in some environments. certainly it's a safe airplane, goes through the same faa inspections any modern airplane has to go through so

we spoke with tom haynes who will has flown with him in the past. >> harrison is meticulous in his flyinge than required by the faa. i have seen him do incredibly thorough preflight of helicopter before flight in a helicopter very cautious and capable. >> reporter: witnesses say it is lucky ford was able to land here. spoke to one man probably saved some lives, jose. >> do we know how this happened? obviously an engine failure, but any more information on that? >> reporter: you know, you understand that ford had taken off from santa monica airport not far from here when there were engine problems. folks in the area reported hearing the sound of the engine and sputtering then nothing as the plane began to glide through the air, that's when he crash landed. faa, ntsb are now investigating. but because it was a vintage plane from world war ii era, there's no black box. some aviation experts say this investigation could take longer than usual, maybe up to a year. >> hallie jackson, thanks for being with me. good to see you. >>> coming up two huge events that will heat up the 2016 race for the

tom haynes has flown with him several time and is the editor of pilot association magazine. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> you have flown with harrison ford but not since 2011. how would you describe him as a pilot? >> harrison is meticulous in his flying all the time. he does extra training more than is required by the faa and he does thorough preflight on his helicopter before the flight and he is cautious and capable. >> this is a world war ii era training plane. is it more or less safe as we expect? >> it is a vintage airplane designed about 30 years after the wright brothers first flew. the aerodynamics are from that era and a modern airplane would handle differently, but it's a safe airplane and goes through the same inspections that any modern airplane has to go through. they can be challenging to fly, but harrison is a capable pilot and has flown it a lot and does very well. >> based on the information you heard and gathered what were the last couple of minutes like as he brought at this time in pretty admirably on the golf course. >> he did a very adm