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Old 14th Sep 2020, 16:33
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Tim Zukas
 
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If the pic is real, then what's happening?

The elephant has always been in the same spot, at 51.33306N 0.77102W? If so, the DC-8 is just under a half-mile south of the approach course for Blackbushe runway 25. It's heading about 330 degrees true, so it needs to turn 75-80 degrees left to line up. Think they can manage that, at maybe 250 feet above the ground?

With flaps like that, the DC-8 is for sure landing -- right? No other airport it could be headed for?
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