Originally Posted by
Timbo
I've said it before and I'll say it again;
REAL MEN land where ever they WANT TO!
(Take that, you stupid runway!
)
I would love to have heard the conversation when they touched down...
"Geez, for a MAC runway...this sure looks short!"
When I was flying C-141s at CHS in the late 1980's we had a crew (from our sister squadron I must admit) that shot an approach to the same civil airfield by accident, realized it on very short final, and went around to recover to McDill without incident. Only problem: they were in the McDill O Club bar having drinks when the news on the bars TV showed them approaching the civil field, almost landing, and going around to the REAL McDill.
AC called CHS HQ and they fessed up. A new crew flew down and recovered the jet and busted crew.