Wisconsin pilot lands helicopter at Cabela’s for a shopping trip

A 69-year-old Wisconsin man turned a simple shopping trip into an unexpected aviation story when he flew a helicopter straight to a Cabela’s parking lot in Richfield. Deputies responded to the scene, checked the landing, and found that the pilot had done nothing wrong.The explanation was as brief as it was memorable: the man said he flew instead of drove because “the drive was too long.” What might sound like a joke ended up being treated as a legitimate, safe landing by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.How the unusual landing unfoldedAccording to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called around 6 p.m. on Saturday after reports that a helicopter had landed in the Cabela’s parking lot in the Village of Richfield.