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Boeing 747 "Dreamlifter" landed at the wrong Wichita airport last night...
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<blockquote data-quote="L8APEX" data-source="post: 13661066" data-attributes="member: 51947"><p><img src="http://www.kwch.com/image/view/-/23086912/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/14j9hxh/-/IMG-8569-JPG.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ever get stuck in the snow... I imagine this is worse.</p><p></p><p>Imagine landing a loaded, heavily customized Boeing 747, designed to carry large sections of 787's, at an airport 8-12 miles from where you were supposed to land, oh and the runway is ~6,100ft long which is shorter than the 9,199 feet needed for a heavy takeoff...</p><p>Thank god he burned so much fuel flying from JFK, because the "Dreamlifter's" minimum landing distance (heavy) is 7,000ft. He woke up lots of people last night when he hit the brakes hard, and had reverse thrust going full blast.</p><p>Here is the cockpit audio between them and McConnell AFB's tower. lol</p><p></p><p><a href="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F121174731&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&origin=twitter" target="_blank">https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121174731&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&origin=twitter</a></p><p>(@ 5:25)</p><p></p><p><strong>(747DL) We just had a twin engine uh turboprop go over the top of us...</strong></p><p><strong>(Tower) Giant "Heavy" 4241 it appears you are at Jabara</strong></p><p><strong>(747DL) Uhhhh... Say again?</strong></p><p><strong>(Tower) Giant 4241"Heavy" we saw the plane on the radar and it appears you are at Jabara airport.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>(747DL)"Jabara....?"</strong></p><p>:uh oh:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't imagine how the pilot and crew landed at Jabara unless they relied on GPS too much.</p><p><a href="http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/video-pilot-brett-harris-explains-3-e-wichita-airports/-/21054266/23087598/-/wft6vpz/-/index.html" target="_blank">Video: Pilot Brett Harris explains 3 E. Wichita airports | Local News - Home</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Here is a comparison</strong></p><p><img src="http://www.kwch.com/image/view/-/23087232/highRes/1/-/maxw/640/-/11oqehu/-/JABARA-MCCONNELL-RUNWAY-COMPARE-MAP-NO-HEADER-png.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]524068[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://skyvector.com/airport/AAO/Colonel-James-Jabara-Airport" target="_blank">AAO - Colonel James Jabara Airport | SkyVector</a></p><p><a href="http://skyvector.com/airport/IAB/Mc-Connell-AFB-Airport" target="_blank">IAB - Mc Connell AFB Airport | SkyVector</a></p><p></p><p>Although visibility would have been bad last night I can't imagine landing a heavy at the wrong field. </p><p>There are 3 major airports on the east side of town that follow the same pattern. Jabara (General aviation), Beechcraft, and McConnell AFB/Spirit(Boeing) as well as a small strip for Cessna just north of McConnell.</p><p>I'm a bit familiar with the airspace because my grandfather's field "Beyer Farm" (<a href="http://skyvector.com/airport/06SN/Beyer-Farm-Airport" target="_blank">06SN</a>) was just 2.5 mi SE of McConnell. And the runways are parallel</p><p>At night on visual approach to Jabara, McConnell is still the brightest and biggest field in view. Typically even flying Visual/IFR you can still see it.</p><p></p><p>They were able to safely takeoff and land at McConnell this afternoon, I imagine he was running on fumes since it looked like they were airborne in 4500ft. Aside from a low ceiling the conditions were really good for getting that big of a bird up in a hurry.</p><p>They had to close off Hwy K-96 because with the jet wash would have thrown cars like toys.</p><p></p><p>Here is the video of her taking off</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/boeing-dreamlifter-lands-at-jabara/-/21054266/23081256/-/oma90hz/-/index.html" target="_blank">Boeing Dreamlifter takes flight in NE Wichita | Local News - Home</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="L8APEX, post: 13661066, member: 51947"] [img]http://www.kwch.com/image/view/-/23086912/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/14j9hxh/-/IMG-8569-JPG.jpg[/img] Ever get stuck in the snow... I imagine this is worse. Imagine landing a loaded, heavily customized Boeing 747, designed to carry large sections of 787's, at an airport 8-12 miles from where you were supposed to land, oh and the runway is ~6,100ft long which is shorter than the 9,199 feet needed for a heavy takeoff... Thank god he burned so much fuel flying from JFK, because the "Dreamlifter's" minimum landing distance (heavy) is 7,000ft. He woke up lots of people last night when he hit the brakes hard, and had reverse thrust going full blast. Here is the cockpit audio between them and McConnell AFB's tower. lol [url]https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F121174731&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&origin=twitter[/url] (@ 5:25) [b](747DL) We just had a twin engine uh turboprop go over the top of us... (Tower) Giant "Heavy" 4241 it appears you are at Jabara (747DL) Uhhhh... Say again? (Tower) Giant 4241"Heavy" we saw the plane on the radar and it appears you are at Jabara airport. (747DL)"Jabara....?"[/b] :uh oh: I can't imagine how the pilot and crew landed at Jabara unless they relied on GPS too much. [url=http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/video-pilot-brett-harris-explains-3-e-wichita-airports/-/21054266/23087598/-/wft6vpz/-/index.html]Video: Pilot Brett Harris explains 3 E. Wichita airports | Local News - Home[/url] [b]Here is a comparison[/b] [img]http://www.kwch.com/image/view/-/23087232/highRes/1/-/maxw/640/-/11oqehu/-/JABARA-MCCONNELL-RUNWAY-COMPARE-MAP-NO-HEADER-png.png[/img] [ATTACH=full]524068[/ATTACH] [url=http://skyvector.com/airport/AAO/Colonel-James-Jabara-Airport]AAO - Colonel James Jabara Airport | SkyVector[/url] [url=http://skyvector.com/airport/IAB/Mc-Connell-AFB-Airport]IAB - Mc Connell AFB Airport | SkyVector[/url] Although visibility would have been bad last night I can't imagine landing a heavy at the wrong field. There are 3 major airports on the east side of town that follow the same pattern. Jabara (General aviation), Beechcraft, and McConnell AFB/Spirit(Boeing) as well as a small strip for Cessna just north of McConnell. I'm a bit familiar with the airspace because my grandfather's field "Beyer Farm" ([URL="http://skyvector.com/airport/06SN/Beyer-Farm-Airport"]06SN[/URL]) was just 2.5 mi SE of McConnell. And the runways are parallel At night on visual approach to Jabara, McConnell is still the brightest and biggest field in view. Typically even flying Visual/IFR you can still see it. They were able to safely takeoff and land at McConnell this afternoon, I imagine he was running on fumes since it looked like they were airborne in 4500ft. Aside from a low ceiling the conditions were really good for getting that big of a bird up in a hurry. They had to close off Hwy K-96 because with the jet wash would have thrown cars like toys. Here is the video of her taking off [url=http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/boeing-dreamlifter-lands-at-jabara/-/21054266/23081256/-/oma90hz/-/index.html]Boeing Dreamlifter takes flight in NE Wichita | Local News - Home[/url] [/QUOTE]
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