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Old 24 July 2012, 12:33 AM
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http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/07/23/v...rport-florida/
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Old 24 July 2012, 08:48 AM
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Yanks have form on this.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-air-show.html
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Old 24 July 2012, 09:08 AM
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lol, all that tech and they still can't find the right place lol
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Old 24 July 2012, 09:29 AM
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To be fair, yes he got the wrong runway but he did a hell of a job landing it on such a short runway.
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Old 24 July 2012, 10:02 AM
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Wonder what was on the aircraft...
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Old 24 July 2012, 02:30 PM
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You really have to work at it to mistake Peter O Night airfield for McDill AFB believe me!

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Old 24 July 2012, 05:02 PM
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I'm surprised they didn't go around - they must have realised as they were coming in, surely?
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It is usually easy enough to see the difference visually between a 3500 foot runway and an 11000 footer as you are flying the landing approach.

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Old 24 July 2012, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by billythekid
Wonder what was on the aircraft...
ive been in a few, they transport all sorts, when i was in them was transporting a damaged helicopter, of considerable size btw, back from afgan.

really is a wide bodied aircraft
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Old 25 July 2012, 12:02 AM
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He needs some serious re-training if he made a mistake like that, unreal.
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Old 26 July 2012, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan

Talk about sensationalism, it was half a mile away from the fuel truck, you can see landings like this every day at Manc Airport.
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Old 27 July 2012, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mrmadcap
Talk about sensationalism, it was half a mile away from the fuel truck, you can see landings like this every day at Manc Airport.
Did you read the link? It's about a B5 flying over Blackbushe with the crew thinking it was Farnborough.
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Old 29 July 2012, 07:02 PM
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At least the Girl with the blackbushe had a good view.
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