C-17 Lands at wrong airport....DOH!

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/264736/250/Large-military-plane-lands-at-Peter-O-Knight-Airport

[Cary]

Wow, looked like one of those ridiculous FSX short-field landings :tongue:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZonPh4YqrbU

And the departure:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g91O-jaT4

[Joe]

Doh!!!

[JHNA57]

C-17 Landing on a 3,500 ft runway....................No problem!!

Pilot landing a C-17 Landing on a 3,500 ft runway....................Big problem!!!!

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Video: Huge Air Force C-17 Cargo Jet Mistakenly Lands at Tiny Florida Airport (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/zeHTiedDeR0/)

The NJ-based crew of a huge Air Force C-17 Globemaster may be looking for work after mistakenly landing at a tiny airport in Florida.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/zeHTiedDeR0
[Click to Read Full Article (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/zeHTiedDeR0/)]

[moose135]

Word is that General James Mattis, USMC, commander of US Central Command, was on board. The flight was bringing him and his staff home from "Over There" to his HQ at McDill. Oops...

[snydersnapshots]

Word is that General James Mattis, USMC, commander of US Central Command, was on board. The flight was bringing him and his staff home from "Over There" to his HQ at McDill. Oops...

I think someone's going to be flying "cargo planes full of rubber dogs*&t out of Hong Kong" very soon...

[puckstopper55]

I think someone's going to be flying "cargo planes full of rubber dogs*&t out of Hong Kong" very soon...

LMAO!!!!

[megatop412]

I think someone's going to be flying "cargo planes full of rubber dogs*&t out of Hong Kong" very soon...

we'll he's already got the a/c for that doesn't he

[gonzalu]

I have seen the C-17 do miraculous stops at airshows :tongue: mere bag of shells

http://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4416-minimum-runway-length-for-usaf-aircraft/page__view__findpost__p__63782

[moose135]

With the cutbacks in air show funding, AMC has decided to perform assault landing demos at random airfields to demonstrate the capabilities of the C-17. :rolleyes:

[gonzalu]

Moose! you just made me spill my coffee!! :tongue::tongue::tongue::tongue::tongue:

[Steven Holzinger]

HAHAHAHA. And it was a McGuire jet to boot...