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Boeing 744 Dreamlifter Mistakenly Lands At Wichita Jabara Airport (KAAO)
Flight was supposed to land at McConnell AFB. As of 0247 Zulu, the plane is still on the runway. (www.kwch.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Been there done that. Sort of. Landed at wrong airport while passenger on US Navy C-9 (military DC-9). This was many moons ago as in cold war. Flight was Pensacola NAS, FL to Whidbey Island NAS, WA. Not sure why we needed fuel stop in Kansas (or was it in OK?). No matter, normal stops were at AFBs. This stop was at GA airport. Folks on ground sure were surprised to see us taxi in. Even more to see 40 or so exit plane and look for bathroom and food! They had a Cessna Center there with sunglasses and that's about all I remember. I think pilots whipped out USN credit card for fuel. They only had avgas so we jumped back on plane and hopped over to local AFB. There were a few chuckles among us on board. Other than that it was no big deal (to us anyway). Pilots probably got slap on the wrist! Ah, the good ole days.
Your C-9 was not one of just four in the world, looked like a 'normal' airplane, and was waaaay before U-tube.... 8-)
Not sure where I said there were only 'four'. The whole point of the post was to say 'I've landed at the wrong airport before'. It happened because I was there. The only fact I will defend. Ur right. Back then we didn't have time to waste with comments on web sites. My generation was to busy developing innovative technologies, like the Internet. I was using the net before W95 was released. I was probably writing code before most people on here were born. Wisdom comes with age. Peace.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. To my understanding, there are but 4 dreamlifters in service, which would make them far more unusual that the C-9. It was meant as 'it was a different time'. I still have a 3-hole punched copy of K&R C Programming Language from when it first came out. Lots of languages since then.
Age comes with age, wisdom with learning from one's misatkes.
and peace be with you as well.
Age comes with age, wisdom with learning from one's misatkes.
and peace be with you as well.
Good to see there are other technology fossils still around. Nice to see someone on this site who is not name-calling or arguing too. Maybe we could lead by example here. Keep av8n.
Wow they make too big a deal out of these things