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C-17 Inadvertently Lands at KTPF, Adjacent MacDill AFB
3600FT Runway! Sounds like they thought it was MacDill... How could this happen on such a clear day? (www2.tbo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Mac dill traffic is dangerous low on Vfr and ifr over south and north east hillsborough co. , where Mac dill and tampa are located, in order to avoid being handled by tampa. If landed at tampas vandenburg some days you are dodging c 17s and kc 135s at 1000 feet and below who are on a 15 mile final for Mac dill. This story has already been removed from tbo.com who reported it.
They were just showing off the landing capability of the C 17.
It looked like a lost and lonely beached whale.
in 67 a 707 driver went in to KOSU, Ohio State University, which is just over 9nm NW of the intended KCMH, Port Columbus International. This was on a visual approach and at that time both airports had the same runway configuration of 2 EW parallels and two crossing runways. OSU at that time had just over 4000' as the longest. An embarrassing call to tower after landing then removal of all seats etc and a test pilot to get 707 over to CMH on minimum fuel.
I think there is a post way below describing the same incident except he remembers it as a PanAm 727 and his dates are not exacting as yours.
Needless to say....AMAZING!