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747 Airlifter - Not STOL

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Anyone catch the news that a 747-400 Dreamlifter converted to haul cargo, bound for an Air Force Base in Texas, landed instead on the wrong airport 12 miles away?

They need 9000 feet of runway to take off - This airport runway is a little over 6000 feet.

Want to buy a dismantled Fat 747?  Bring truck and trailers!

EDMO

Edited by Ed In Missouri

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/travel/kansas-cargo-plane-wrong-airport/

 

A light 747 shouldn't have any issue getting off the ground in 6000ft. They will probably have to defuel and unload it though. I just don't understand how this happens. When coming down final one would think you could tell the difference between a municipal GA airport with a tiny ramp and Cessnas tied down vs. a massive Air Force Base with a 12,000ft runway and a collossal ramp covered with big grey jets. That field didn't even have a tower. How did the Tower never notice that after clearing them to land there was never a plane in view. Unless it was totally IMC you an see a planes landing light on a 20 mile ILS final.

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Scheduled for a noon departure.  Didn't have to unload it.

 

How the F#$^K can a competent air crew not be able to tell the difference between an Airforce Base and a non towered local airport.  WTF was up with the on board nav systems?  HOW THE HELL DID THEY DO THIS :dunno:

 

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On the bright side it's one of the better ways to lose your ATP... :hammerhead:

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Salvage Sale is Cancelled - They must have called in some AvidFoxFlyers to get this hog off in 6000 feet!

Cold temps, Headwind, defueling, probably helped.

Glad they survived.

EDMO

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notice that they had a different flight crew fly it out.. Bet someone just lost a good paying job..

 

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notice that they had a different flight crew fly it out.. Bet someone just lost a good paying job..

 

:BC:

I'll bet that there were a lot of Flight Engineers calculating and sweating this, along with Boeing people. 

EDMO

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