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beefy botham
21st Jul 2012, 06:03
At Peter O. Knight, Tampa, a 3,500' runway.
C-17 Lands at Peter O Knight - YouTube
Hotel Tango
21st Jul 2012, 09:36
But what was it all about? Taxying must have been fun too.
DaveReidUK
21st Jul 2012, 09:42
Some interesting data on C-17 takeoff and landing distances here:
http://gao.justia.com/department-of-defense/1993/9/c-17-takeoff-and-landing-distances-nsiad-93-288r/NSIAD-93-288R-full-report.pdf
Clearly the commentator on the video hasn't read it. :O
Big Eric
21st Jul 2012, 11:53
There's more info here :- http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/491076-c17-lands-wrong-3600-foot-runway.html
Noah Zark.
21st Jul 2012, 17:48
It must have been a heavy landing judging by the way the ground was bouncing the cameraman about! :)
zondaracer
23rd Jul 2012, 05:50
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/491076-c17-lands-wrong-3600-foot-runway.html
Hotel Tango
23rd Jul 2012, 08:33
It does seem quite amazing that they should mistake such an obviously narrow and short runway for a long and wide one. However, in their defence, I donīt believe that the a/c was based there (itīs more of an C-135/KC-135 base) and at the time of day they made the approach they would have had the Sun in their eyes. Lucky there wasnīt any light a/c on or near the runway.