Thread: C-17 lands at wrong airfield

Best part is the tower at MacDill was probably like where the **** is this C-17 that is cleared for landing!?

Originally Posted by SSIIICK

Best part is the tower at MacDill was probably like where the **** is this C-17 that is cleared for landing!?

hahahaha

C17 - "MacDill tower, we are clear of the active"
MacDill - "....what?"

Originally Posted by jibaholic101

Pilots will probably be DNFd (do not fly) and sent to some sort of training followed by days of safety briefings....

DNIF: Duties Not Including Flying as I know it.


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Heres what the take off would have looked like. SUPER short take off roll

Originally Posted by Flyinglakland

Heres what the take off would have looked like. SUPER short take off roll

Here's what it did look like

I have had the pleasure of seeing exactly what these things can do since I work closely with March AFB. These planes are nothing short of amazing.

I grew up under the flightline less than a mile from MacDill, and I've spent a lot of time at the park adjacent to Peter O Knight. Hard to believe a plane that big could land/take off from that small runway, let alone a pilot mistake that airport for MacDill.

I mean, the approach is from the same direction but damn... theres houses 100 yards from the runway... clearly not an air force base. lol

I'm glad the concrete didn't buckle under the aircraft's weight. A small runway like that isn't designed to hold the tons that the c-17 packs.