Hangar Flying - HL 158 (3)

Great 2:20 video of history synopsis of NWA: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4nb489Dy5Q

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From: Carole Neubrand

Date: 2/7/2013 2:33:55 PM

To: Undisclosed-Recipient:,

Subject: WRONG AIRFIELD IN VIETNAM

 During the Vietnam War, a contractor-operated DC-8 landed on the wrong airfield in South Vietnam.

The control tower cleared the DC-8 to land at Da Nang Air Base, and by mistake the co-pilot landed the plane at Marble Mountain Airfield – a remote operating location near Da Nang with only a 3200 foot runway.

This event is pretty well known in history among the "Non-Sched" flight crews flying the MAC charters in and out of Viet Nam.

When Seaboard World Flight Operations got the word on what happened, they contacted Douglas Aircraft Corp. for advice.

Douglas said "take the aircraft apart and ship it home". FAA said the same thing.

Pilots who are real pilots and not paper-pushers know whether or not the bird will do it - these guys knew. So, Instead, the pilot and co-pilot elected to try and get airborne on a less than adequate length runway – and succeeded, getting in the air about 300 feet from the end of the runway.

For safety concerns, the flight hostesses were left behind at the remote airstrip, to the delight of the GI’s who hadn’t seen a 'round-eyed' female up close in months. Oh, yeah . . .

http://www.youtube.com/embed/6bvK6enoQDg?feature=player_detailpage

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Joel Payne

 Email flyplayne@bellsouth.net

Issue Area - General

Comments - Picked this up from www.flightaware.com This site can be used to track private and commercial flights. This link is to Operation Red Flag. Must be something to see in IMAX. Great visibility from the cockpit. About 48 minutes long.

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