Man Lands Plane on Golf Course

This is what happens when you have too much money, think you are too important and nothing is too good for your kid.

A US man is in trouble after landing his private plane on a golf course because his son was late for a tennis lesson.

Robert Kadera landed his Piper PA-16 Clipper on the seventh fairway of the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort golf course in Chicago.

In an interview with a local radio station, he admitted he should have asked for permission first.

"He was late for his tennis tune-up," Mr Kadera said. "Traffic on Saturday is really bad.

"The golf course had plenty of room to land right across the street from the tennis courts so we thought it would work for us."

Mr Kadera said he didn't think the landing endangered the public: "I don't think so. There was nobody playing golf with a foot of snow on the course," he said.

Local police report receiving a number of emergency calls as the plane made several landing attempts. Police arrived to find Mr Kadera and his 14-year-old son standing by the plane.

Lincolnshire Police Chief Randy Melvin said: "The boy was standing there with a bag of tennis balls and his shoes."

Police are preparing a report and the Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the incident.