Big news in Wichita.

Pilot thought he was landing at the local Air Force base, turns out be the small private airport near my home. Hilarious radio chatter of the Boeing pilots realizing what they've done.

http://www.ksn.com/news/local/audio-from-the-dreamlifter-pilot

Plane "needs" 9,000 feet to take off or land. Runway is 6000 feet.

They had to drive a tug on city streets to the airport to turn the barge around.

A special crew was flown in to handle the take off.

Jabara’s runway length is 6,101 feet – almost half the length of McConnell’s runway. There were skid marks at the end of the runway where the Dreamlifter stopped at Jabara, which is near 37th Street North and Webb Road.
Dreamlifter pilot talked to McConnell tower before landing at Jabara | Wichita Eagle

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Whoa, never seen pics of that before. That's a big plane.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Wow, that's a crappy day at work*!



*Should go with out saying, but obviously loss of life and limb would be worse.

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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)

Where's a steam catapult when you need it???

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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)

Live feed of the take off..
Fox News Live Video - Fox News


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1983 123.133 California
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Departed safely...

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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

Saw that one the news last night. Wonder how those pilot's performance evaluations will turn out. Happened a few years ago in Colorado. Pilot landed at a small airport in Hayden instead of the Steamboat Springs airport.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I'm thinking those pilots should write a Tom Walgamathesque travelogue.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I thought my life stunk when I made a wrong turn... yikes!

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

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."

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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)

Up, Up & Away.



On Thursday afternoon, it easily took off from Jabara, and landed without a hitch at its intended destination about 15 minutes later.

Officials shut down a highway near Jabara and surrounding roads as a safety precaution before the takeoff. A crowd gathered by Jabara to watch the plane take off from the 6,100-foot-long runway, which was about 3,000 feet shorter than is ideal for a plane so massive. Cheers were heard after the jet took off.

More than 10 hours after the mixup, an airport official said they had managed to turn around the "Dreamlifter" on the runway and had determined that it could take off on the shorter runway.

"They've assured us they've run all the engineering calculations...and the aircraft is safe for a normal departure at its current weight and conditions here," said Brad Christopher of the Wichita Airport Authority.

He said it took "more than a three-point turn" to get the plane turned around on the 100-foot-wide runway at Jabara Airport. "They were able to do a very good job," Christopher said.

The 747 aircraft, one of the largest cargo planes in the world, touched down safely at Jabara at 9:38 p.m. CT Wednesday — eight miles from where it was supposed to land.

Well, there was this in one of the articles:
Could be a preliminary version of the job eval.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Maybe their next assignment will be flying rubber dog poop out of Hong Kong?

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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

What are you kidding? They'll get sent to the top notch training program... But I'm not sure they'll both be coming home.

MV

Imagine what went thru the pilots mind, while landing, when all of sudden he realized the runway was shorter than listed.

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Jim