Originally Posted by wanabee777
At PQI, a number of years ago, a Northeast DC-9 narrowly missed a snowmobiler during landing on a snow covered runway at night. The copilot saw him pass under the right wing just as they were rolling through the cross runway intersection.
Originally Posted by alexb757
snowmobiler?
What was that person doing on the movement area/runway? What happened to security? Challenging suspicious or unbadged personnel?
This was pre-1974. Security was very loose, to say the least.
The snowmobilers used to get drunk and race each other on the short runway (10/28), especially late at night.
Not much else to do during the wintah in Northern Maine for entertainment.
