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To: jimbo123

Does either of those islands have a landing strip long enough to handle a 777?


11 posted on 03/13/2014 11:31:38 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: Dog

Some of us have hypothesized that the pilot had a 777 flight sim in his HOUSE to practice short landing and takeoff. Like this:

http://www.bellenews.com/2013/11/21/world/us-news/boeing-747-dreamlifter-cargo-lands-at-wrong-airport-in-kansas/

And it took off successfully as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTjsxM7WW4


15 posted on 03/13/2014 11:33:40 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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