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Plane lands at wrong Kansas airport; will try takeoff on short runway
LA Times ^
| November 21, 2013
| Michael Muskal
Posted on 11/21/2013 10:48:13 AM PST by bgill
Atlas Air 747 Dreamlifter, a cargo plane that is a modified 747 that landed at the wrong airport on Wednesday. It is scheduled to try to take off Thursday even though the runway is considered too short for such a large plane.
The cargo plane left New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for McConnell Air Force Base.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: 747; alreadyposted; chat; searchdoesntwork; searchisyourfriend
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Runway 3000+ feet to short.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:48:13 AM PST
by
bgill
To: bgill
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:48:58 AM PST
by
AU72
To: bgill
Maybe if it’s empty it will work?? Just put some nitro in the tanks....
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:49:37 AM PST
by
refermech
To: bgill
Just strap some Jados on that Dreamliner. Works for the C-130. :o)
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:51:12 AM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(Liberals can afford for things to go well, to work, for folks to be happy. They'd be out of work.)
To: bgill
Another report said it was a 737. That didn't make sense. If it is a 747 they will strip as much as they can and probably get the special crew from Boeing that does this type of recovery. Not the first time and it will not be the last time.
To: bgill
It might be cheaper just to gift that airport a longer runway . . . and call in a construction crew who can work very quickly . . .
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:52:24 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
They will need some of these...
To: bgill
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:54:15 AM PST
by
Ironfocus
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To: bgill
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:55:32 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: InsidiousMongo
Yeah, baaaayyyybeeeee!!! Yeah!
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:56:09 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: bgill
I thought I heard noon take off. Is there any update yet?
No bad news since no coverage on local news.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:56:26 AM PST
by
3D-JOY
To: mad_as_he$$
The recovery crew led by Captain Sum Ting Wong.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:56:39 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: bgill
It landed at the wrong airport? Was Obama flying the thing?
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:57:05 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: refermech
It should be able to take off with minimal fuel and some dummy weights ballasts. Same thing happened long time ago when stricken TACA Boeing 737 landed at the New Orleans levee.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:57:42 AM PST
by
hamboy
To: F15Eagle
That was pretty darn annoying.
To: InsidiousMongo
What was it I saw once about one of those on a car...
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:58:21 AM PST
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
To: bgill
“Runway 3000+ feet to short. “
That is for maximum takeoff weight.
Reduce fuel and payload and no problem.
To: bgill
It is plenty long for a takeoff. But “approved” runway length is “start-stop” length. The distanc4 to accelerate to min flight sped and stop if a problem occurs during the takeoff run.
On a runway too short for “start-stop” , once well into the takeoff roll , you are pretty much committed and have to go, no option to abort.
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:58:31 AM PST
by
wrench
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