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Extended stays at the hold short for NAS Whidbey Growlers?

Um, is this the first time a 737-sized aircraft has ever landed at NUW, or is there something I just don't understand? I'm sure it's the latter, you understand…like maybe "the bigs" are supposed to land beyond the short-field gear, given all that reverse-thrust stuff? Inquiring minds want to know!
 
C-40s go into KNUW quite a bit and I've been on 767s out of there, too. The most memorable is me sitting at the hold short ready to roll and my XO knocks it out on his touch and go with a student. Needless to say, I noted it in my SHARP recap: Off deck late due to XO knocking gear out of battery...
 
xj220 said:
C-40s go into KNUW quite a bit and I've been on 767s out of there, too. The most memorable is me sitting at the hold short ready to roll and my XO knocks it out on his touch and go with a student. Needless to say, I noted it in my SHARP recap: Off deck late due to XO knocking gear out of battery...
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I've seen an AN124 there, complete with russian crew. Not sure what they were doing there.
 
PropStop said:
I've seen an AN124 there, complete with russian crew. Not sure what they were doing there.
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I've seen C-17s and I think even a C-5, too. The field can support it but they're probably limited in weight due to runway length. It's always cool seeing what random birds are in the transient line.
 
PropStop said:
I've seen an AN124 there, complete with russian crew. Not sure what they were doing there.
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We used to get an AN-224 (or maybe -225) into Miramar pretty regularly. Not sure if the crew was Russian, but it looked like a space station on final
 
We got a "dozen plus" P-8's at NIP and we don't have this problem.

Curious why it's happening up there.
 
It's a requirement to have the short field gear rigged anytime the jets fly so they keep it rigged pretty much at all times.
 
xj220 said:
It's a requirement to have the short field gear rigged anytime the jets fly so they keep it rigged pretty much at all times.
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Not a requirement, and it's stripped more than you'd think for normal ops.
 
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