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Flips/Mike - Yes you are both correct and he wasn't a nice individual. Believe the Movers on board took some heat as well as they started to undo lashings once aircraft stopped and so he couldn't make a quick escape...
Beags - it happened at Adana/Incirlik too?
Beags - it happened at Adana/Incirlik too?
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I thought it was further north - Ankara or Istanbul - I'm talking about the Stn Cdr (LYE) in Turkey and not the ac in Northern Ireland! Langford Lodge, Ithink that was - an ex USAF base, which became Martin-Baker - and is still mentioned on the EGAA TAPs!
The long ex-Lye Stn Cdr landing at Adana instead of Incirlik is a well told story. Anyone who's flown the approach onto the Easterly runway would acknowledge the similarity in layout - but that doesn't stop it being any less embarrassing!
Wrong Runway?
Back in 1969 a Lightning on an emergency diversion from Wattisham to Coltishall in poor weather, ignored guidance from ATC that he still had 5 miles to run, and landed at Horsham St Faith (now Norwich International) on the short, out of use runway which happened to point in the same direction as Coltishall's main runway but lay way out on the approach 
. With the Lightning's marginal braking performance, he only just managed to stop before the end of the runway, burning out the brakes and wearing out the tyres - all needed changing before he could move again. Getting the aircraft out again proved challenging, too - minimum fuel, 'burners lit before brake release, and a 2 minute hop to land at Colt when ATC had cleared both circuits!
. With the Lightning's marginal braking performance, he only just managed to stop before the end of the runway, burning out the brakes and wearing out the tyres - all needed changing before he could move again. Getting the aircraft out again proved challenging, too - minimum fuel, 'burners lit before brake release, and a 2 minute hop to land at Colt when ATC had cleared both circuits!
Asked for take off clearance at Leeming once, was told to hold. After a minute we asked "Why the delay"? "Unidentified aircraft in the circuit" came the reply.
We then spent 3 minutes watching a JP3 fly a perfect PFL pattern touching down just after the numbers, probably making his RT calls to a mystified Topcliffe tower.
It had 2 occupants as well - probably 2 QFIs on SCT!
We then spent 3 minutes watching a JP3 fly a perfect PFL pattern touching down just after the numbers, probably making his RT calls to a mystified Topcliffe tower.
It had 2 occupants as well - probably 2 QFIs on SCT!
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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Who has right of way?!
Nice picture of the last steam train crossing the runway at BK with a real aeroplane paying tribute. If this situation occured during airfield ops the aircraft gave way to the train!!
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/n.feist/Shack/Shack.htm
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/n.feist/Shack/Shack.htm
I also recall a tale of the good folk at Sunderland Flying Club watching with amused astonishment as a Buccaneer with some emergency landed at Usworth instead of Newcastle Woolsington?
