The same thing happened back in my home town in the 60's. A 707 landed at the local airport where the max runway length is a little over 5000 feet.

The specs on the plane state a typical landing run of 6000' so I reckon' they had everything hung out to get it stopped. I remember my father telling me that all of the seats had to be removed to lighten the plane enough to make a safe takeoff.

__________________
-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Interestingly, the runway length at Santa-Ana, CA is about 5000 ft -- they regularly fly loaded MD-80s and 737s out of there. Takeoff is interesting ... hold at the beginning of the runway, run up engines to some high level of power, let go of brakes, accelerate, zoom up to a few thousand feet, cut power to a lower level.

They also have to reduce weight (either by bumping passengers or by reducing fuel load and stopping over at Ontario) if the temperature is above a certain level.

I'm thinking that jet engine technology is much better now than back then. At that time, it's likely that the 707 wasn't even running turbofans.

__________________
-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

That's a factually incorrect statement.

The runway length ALWAYS dictates less than maximum loads on all MD-80's and 737's.

No commercial aircraft can fly to it's maximum range out of John Wayne.

I did NOT say "fully loaded."

You want to parse "loaded" versus "fully loaded"?

Maybe you ought to post your own definitions...........because they are senseless to anyone else.

__________________
01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Isn't the wheel going in the wrong direction? Or have I not had enough coffee today?

__________________

1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)