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HooptieWagon

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31. I was a member of a sailing club next door...
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 04:44 PM
Nov 2013

...to the airport for 20 years. I know first hand there were at least two C-130 landings, and heard about a couple more touch and goes. And there was an unidentified touch and go several years ago, believed to be a C-17, but it was at night so no positive ID. Peter O Knight is directly on the approach to MacDill and looks similar, just smaller. Also, its on the south end of Davis Islands, and MacDill is on the south end of Interbay Penninsula...both stick out into the bay. Its easy to see how a mistake could be made, the surprise is that it isn't made more often.

BTW, the 3600' you cite for a C-130 is about 200' longer than the runway. The airport is used for single and twin engine prop planes, and small corporate jets. Theres no reason for any cargo plane, military or civilian, to land there because there are no cargo facilities. Biggest planes I've seen intentionally land and take off there are a B-17 and B-24, for a weekend exhibition.

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oop dlwickham Nov 2013 #1
Not to pick nits, but Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #2
Thanks. My mind read it as Dreamliner also BlueToTheBone Nov 2013 #8
Tower to Captain Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #3
It happens in Tampa on occassion. HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #4
+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #14
Runways are often aligned based on prevailing wind patterns... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #16
This person compiled a pretty interesting list.... Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #38
Ummm....that happened ONCE at O'Knight airport, not "every once in a while" A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #21
And several times with C130s HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #27
Not according the the Wikipedia page on the airport.... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #30
I was a member of a sailing club next door... HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #31
Fair enough. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #32
Thats called a "full war emergency power" WEP Take off. Historic NY Nov 2013 #29
Thanks for posting that Boudica the Lyoness Nov 2013 #33
Sure beats augering a hole where it's not needed seveneyes Nov 2013 #5
This will be interesting to watch. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #6
they all look alike to me dembotoz Nov 2013 #7
Early reports back from the pilot on what he saw before landing The Straight Story Nov 2013 #9
Twilight Zone. "The Odyssey of Flight 33" nt longship Nov 2013 #11
I recognized it too =) n/t ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #24
McConnell AFB is right next to Boeing's Wichita plant. longship Nov 2013 #10
Oopsie. MineralMan Nov 2013 #12
It would be fun to watch them get that beast out of there.......... wandy Nov 2013 #13
Who is Harry? A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #15
Oh my, I'd best be careful on this one less a jury gets involved.... wandy Nov 2013 #23
So...it got "hairy" not Harry, right? silly person. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #25
It's getting ready to leave. Live video link below; A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #17
So they're going to fly it 8 miles? flamingdem Nov 2013 #18
If they drove it over, it would just piss people off. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #19
I figured it would hit some utility poles n stuff flamingdem Nov 2013 #20
If they did have to move it by land, the prep would take weeks and weeks. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #22
She's up and gone. No problems. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #26
That would have been neet to watch liberal N proud Nov 2013 #28
I thought there was some kind of ID# painted on each runway ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #34
The numbers at the end of a runway denote compass heading. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #35
Ah, thanks ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #36
As it turns out, the runway they were supposed to land at is 19/01 A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #37
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