So I noticed that the P8A Poseidon has been visiting NAS Whidbey. Is there an award out there for the first P8A pilot that trips the arresting gear out of battery? 
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Extended stays at the hold short for NAS Whidbey Growlers?
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My personal best was two times in the same hop...didn't have the heart to get it on the full stop...
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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!
Fixed it for ya.
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...
I've seen an AN124 there, complete with russian crew. Not sure what they were doing there.
Now I have to dodge the damn wire...
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.
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
Not a requirement, and it's stripped more than you'd think for normal ops.