See, that's the thing. He cannot easily realize the length of the runway on approach. However, he damn well knows a 100' wide runway is woefully inadequate for that aircraft. It never lands on anything less than 150' width and 200' width is comfortable.

So, WTF is he thinking when he sees what amounts to a ribbon in front of him? The first response should be............."that's not right".

But, apparently not.

It was at night, wasn't it?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Got GPS?

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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

...are you meaning to say the headlights were out, too??
"Recalculating... recalculating..."

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

"Move along folks...nothing to see here".

Nothing new under the sun.

Wrong Way Landings By Commercial Airliners



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[http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/ ]

"A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."

Yeah, I was living just south of Frankfort, KY and working in Lexington, KY when this one happen:

July 7, 1987 - A Delta Air Lines 737, bound for Lexington, Kentucky (LEX), mistakenly lands at Capital City Airport (FFT) in Frankfort. Link.

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Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

This is really getting out of hand. They need to do something about all this texting and driving.