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To: NativeTxn
Brit said that two Aggie pilots amde an emergency landing on a runway that was 50 feet long and 6,000 feet wide.
3 posted on 11/15/2002 6:48:46 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
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To: Doctor Raoul
ROFL!
8 posted on 11/15/2002 6:54:01 PM PST by TX Bluebonnet
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To: Doctor Raoul
Brit said that two Aggie pilots amde an emergency landing on a runway that was 50 feet long and 6,000 feet wide.

There's a well-worn hangar story about a guy in a Piper Cub that was landing at a large airport. There was a stiff crosswind, but the tower repeatedly refused his requests to land on a runway that was pointing into the wind.

As he flared to land on the runway, he turned 90 degrees to upwind and touched down while going across the runway. The controller in the tower reportedly asked him if he could do it again. :-)

Is it true? I dunno. But, it's certainly possible in a Piper Cub, especially at a large airport. The runways at DFW are 150 and 200 feet wide.

13 posted on 11/15/2002 8:07:18 PM PST by justlurking
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To: Doctor Raoul
They were flying an AV8 and overshot.
28 posted on 11/16/2002 6:27:11 AM PST by JimVT
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