Aeromexico lands at wrong airport
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I seem to remember Nigerian Airways running three F-27's off the end of Enugu runway in a week - two on the same day IIRC............... usual - thunderstorms, wind shear, poor visibility, idiot pilots..................
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One which is missing from the list posted by Airbubba is a South American-registered Viscount, which landed at Wymeswold instead of East Midlands, mid-1970s i think. I'm not sure, but that may have happened more than once.
Before EGCC was considerably expanded, we had several 'incidents' with folks positioning to EGCD, and a couple of chaps in a B737 had a go at Stretton
On a smaller-scale, the late Keith Emerson landed a Cherokee? at Odiham instead of Blackbushe while doing his PPL. It's in his autobiography, 'Pictures Of An Exhibitionist'.
Before EGCC was considerably expanded, we had several 'incidents' with folks positioning to EGCD, and a couple of chaps in a B737 had a go at Stretton
On a smaller-scale, the late Keith Emerson landed a Cherokee? at Odiham instead of Blackbushe while doing his PPL. It's in his autobiography, 'Pictures Of An Exhibitionist'.
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Decades ago in the U.S. Navy if you landed on the wrong carrier you would get a great graffiti makeover on your plane:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/cv-32/c01b.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...18%29_1952.jpg
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cv...6randolph1.jpg
https://tacairnet.com/2014/01/09/wrong-ship-sherlock/
I believe the U.S. Air Force used to 'zap' squadron decals in the past to mark their territory.
If you did any of these pranks today someone would find a way to take offense and heads would roll. Not that there is anything wrong with that etc., etc., etc...
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/cv-32/c01b.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...18%29_1952.jpg
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cv...6randolph1.jpg
https://tacairnet.com/2014/01/09/wrong-ship-sherlock/
I believe the U.S. Air Force used to 'zap' squadron decals in the past to mark their territory.
If you did any of these pranks today someone would find a way to take offense and heads would roll. Not that there is anything wrong with that etc., etc., etc...
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Love the writing "Must be Air Force"! They certainly knew how to embarrass the poor sod...
But the point is that in the past, an honest landing mistake was often punished somewhat informally and with a sense of humor.
