I"m betting the Pilot was proud he managed to land that thing on such a small strip. This would of course been before he realized he was in the wrong place lol.
I’ve done approaches into MacDill AFB for runway 23 many times and I can see how the AF pilot may have mistaken the wrong airfield for landing. Peter o Knight’s runway 22 lines up nearly perfectly with runway 23 at MacDill and it’s easy to confuse the two runways, especially if you’re doing a visual approach on final for runway 23 at MacDill, aren’t familiar with the area, and the Peter O Knights airfield being uncontrolled. Glad to hear the pilots landed safely and were able to take back off again. Definitely a call sign review is in order lol.
A similar incident happened in 1977 involving 4/F-105s transiting to MacDill. The weather was partly cloudy with showers in the area around Tampa Bay. MacDill had been using Runway 04 but due to the wind shift, from the SW, Runway 22 become the active runway about the same time the flight of 4/F-105s were inbound. In 1977, MacDill had a PAR approach but couldn't get their equipment aligned quickly enough for the inbound F-105s so, the flight lead requested a Visual Approach to runway 22 from Tampa Approach! Tampa Approach approved the Visual Approach, the flight lead reported the runway in sight, and the fight was handed off to MacDill Tower for the Visual Approach. The flight checked in with MacDill tower for the Visual Approach, however due to the low visibility, the tower controller stated to the flight lead, "not insight, check wheels down, wind ___, cleared to land runway 22 MacDill." The flight lead responded, "Runway 22 in sight, base, gear down, cleared to land rwy 22!" As noted in the video above, the runway at MacDill is nearly 12,000 ft but, the runway at Peter O' Knight is only about 3,000 ft ...and the F-105 would use about 2,000 ft just to get the wheels on the ground due to their speed! When the flight lead landed and realized his mistake, he unfortunately had already deployed his drag chute. Flight lead quickly dropped his chute, instructed the other 3 aircraft to go-around, and executed a touch and go! The flight proceeded to MacDill and landed uneventful, minus one drag chute for flight lead which had to be retrieved from Peter O' Knight ground crew. A note of caution for both MacDill Tower and Tampa Approach: Never assume the pilot has the correct runway 22 in sight for a Visual Approach for these 2 runways. Because of the close proximity and the runway alignments for MacDill and Peter O' Knight, it's very easy to make the mistake and land at the wrong airport. While I was working at MacDill Tower in the late 70s, we would have at least 10 civilian aircraft land Runway 22 at MacDill each year and the pilot thought he/she was landing at Peter O' Knight. Never assume the pilot has the correct runway in sight for a Runway 22 Visual Approach and I'm positive this is exactly what happened to the C-17! In 1977, it was the responsibility of the Tampa Approach Controller to monitor the aircraft to it's destination but failed to do so in this case but, the tower controller correctly stated to the 4/F-105s "Not in Sight, cleared to land" for the Visual Approach since the pilot stated he "had the runway in sight!" On a side note: While working traffic on a busy Friday at MacDill in 79', with F-16s everywhere, a DC-10 cleared for a Visual Approach to rwy 36L at Tampa, landed on rwy 04 at MacDill in the middle of a severe thunderstorm!
@@maddogjust4u288 thank you for the awesome insight! Folks working at Macdill Tower have always been professional and awesome to work with while beating up the pattern / GCA’s!
@@Skybusdriver Terry ...another incident that happened at MacDill in 79 involved T-38's from Craig AFB (since closed). During a fly-in for the summer 79 Air Show at MacDill, we had aircraft parked everywhere on what's called the "North and South" ramps. The T-38's were cleared for a Visual Approach to rwy 22, but because of past knowledge of pilots landing at the wrong airport, I was watching the flight very closely to ensure they landed on the correct runway. Turns out my hunch was right as the flight of 2/T-28s, tried to land on the North Ramp which is/was also aligned with rwy 22. When I finally spotted the aircraft on a short final to the ramp, I quickly told them to "Go Around" averting a catastrophic accident.
@@maddogjust4u288 glad you were able to see that happening, it’s easy to get complacent and mistaken the wrong airfield in this situation! We bounce a lot at Cecil airfield when Navy Jax is too busy!
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Still tho, you gotta imagine when they tell the AF control tower they are coming in for landing and control tower doesn't see them anywhere near then why didn't they speak up?
@@michaelvigil5321 they said there was no control tower at that air field so pilots have make their own decisions and planes courses and this pilot mad a horrible mistake of landing where they shouldn’t
As if those pilots couldn't have been anymore embarrassed, they weren't transporting pallets of beans, they had none other than Gen. James Mattis, commander of CENTCOM, onboard. Imagine THAT feeling - landing at the wrong strip with a four-star general onboard. Fortunately, Mattis was a champ about it and said: "The young pilot did a good job landing, albeit on the wrong strip," and "Some young guys made a human error, and hopefully they'll recover and enjoy long and illustrious careers." What a fucking BOSS.
Pilot 2: "you won't make an original comment" Pilot 1: "Are you saying I won't?" Pilot 2: "Actually yes I know you won't" pilot 1: "Bet" 3 weeks later....
@@apex_blue Yeah but those are designed to carry that much weight, this airport strip can barely support the weight of that aircraft, if he touched down too hard the ground would crack and would mess up the landing.
I think it would've been a hell of a lot funnier if the Air Force did NOT confirm it was their plane. If they were just like "we don't know whose plane that is >_>
Lol... holds up a weather balloon. "As you can see a weather balloon in the heat looks exactly like a USAF plane" "Uhh...no" "Move along now nothing to see here".
@@mirzamay Funny you say that. I assume you know about Gary Powers who flew the U2 "spy plane" over Soviet airspace and it got shot down by the Russians & nothing was said in the Russian media about it for days. Meanwhile the US was bearing for some exposure by foreign press about what may have occurred to the American pilot. The Pilot's mission involved if he was to get shot down he was to inject himself with a poison. Since the news of missing reconnaissance plane never came to light during the propaganda Cold War the US had to issue a statement because an American was missing, so a statement was issued that a weather experimental plane was missing. After the American press release of the missing plane the Soviets setup an EDM festival that includes a parade as the finally with USAF pilot Gary Powers as its Master of Ceremony. The C17 pilot can now laugh that his bad ...was't that Bad!
Don’t worry Stanley knows what to do to get the plane off the runway First remove any additional cargo from the plane. Then make sure the aircraft has as much runway as possible. Set the throttle to maximum and SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT
Agreed, and we should credit the construction firm that made the runway able to handle something exponentially heavier than what was requested and what it was probably certified for. One of my kids is studying civil engineering and has gotten me to appreciate the complexity behind any flat piece of asphalt or concrete.
The crews are use to landing at shorter runways and can take off from that airport easily, but some of the equipment may have to be removed depending on what they was carrying.
@@koori3085 When I mean agile, I mean how quickly those speed up and slowdown, and the c-130 didn't use a hook(it didn't use one) and no catapult so just regular takeoff and it did it like, but they stopped it because the margin of error for landing regular was just to high
Wasn't lost on me! That was refreshing. At 3:18 it's clear he actually gives a shit about being a journalist, actually fleshing out the story to make it valuable.
about that.... the question of the video: Can the plane take off? A: Yes! this plane was specially designed to take off on short runways Come on people....google was very well alive in 2012 Even the local stations were making drama back then, just that instead of throwing piles of shit at everybody, they are professionally rocket launching manure trucks at each other nowadays
Large USAF cargo planes, like the c-17 and c-5, often need longer runways because of the massive potential weight of their loads. For the same reason, they are also designed for insane amounts of lift. What that means is that these planes can take off after a disproportionally short distance if carrying minimal payload. The C-5 was even designed to be able to take off and land in rough and undersized forward air bases despite being the largest airplane for much of its service.
I don’t think the C-17 can be fitted with JATO or RATO rockets for short field takeoffs like some earlier planes either, I assume because they designed it with so much lift and power to do short field landings and takeoffs it didn’t actually need them anymore. I’m always amazed when these planes fly above my house because they fly pretty low and slow compared to airliners giving the impression they are flying incredibly slow.
@@alexburke1899 They are also designed to fly great at very slow speeds so they can accurately and safely drop parachute loads, like airdropped supplies or even vehicles. If you drop those from too much height or speed you risk wind moving them to an unsafe area.
"They've confirmed it's one of their planes that has landed here" xD who else could it have been? Like "Oh no, that's not our plane, that one belongs to Sam down the street"
An old friend of mine did this in while serving in Germany in the 50's or 60's and made the mistake of telling us . We never let him forget it. God rest his soul !
The C-17s are designed to take off and land on short runways... What's everyone so concerned about? It took off easy.. It cleared the runway with 1000ft of clearance... Great example of media over exaggerating things..
“Buddy” theres no reason to act tough and a know it all, plus the comment only has 19 likes so your opinion doesnt really matter to someone across the country or planet
It's just a case of not understanding it. People tend to think that because it's a big plane, it can't make the short runway. I believe it to be a testament to what the C-17 can achieve
um no he didnt. keeps saying the c17 cant make it. it can. the c17 is made for short take off and landing. this airfield is a piece of cake for the C-17
he literally says at 2:30 that the plane can just about make it off a runway this size and that theyll probably reduce the payload in order to. he never says once that it isnt possible.
Young pilot nails landing: yep, I did a good job yet again. ATC: sir, do you confirm you are flying a military C17 Pilot: yesir I sure am ATC: the reason I am asking, sir, is because I can't see you on the runway Pilot has left the chat...
@@A_Random_Person324 i mean i see a lot of "why is this vid recommended to me" type comments but ive never seen this one before. its original enough i liked it
Turns out, Gen. Mattis (!!) was on board the flight - on way back from Italy. The pilot first mistook a 3rd airport (NOT Peter O Knight) for McDill...and two other crew 'corrected' him (incorrectly) saying no, that's Peter O Knight when in fact that airport was Tampa Executive airport. So when they saw Peter O Knight, due to a very long flight and fatigue, and thinking they'd just passed Peter O Knight (when in fact it was Tampa Executive they'd just passed), they assumed this one was McDill AFB when actually it was the REAL Peter O Knight. Gen. Mattis evidently laughed it off saying no harm done, he'd made many mistakes as a young military man, put in a good word for the pilot saying it is much ado about nothing (super cool of him to do so). Anyway that's a bit more information for whomever is interested. Here's a link to the story... www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/air-force-blames-pilot-fatigue-for-c-17-landing-4-miles-from-macdill/1272014
I remember when this happened. I grew up 40 minutes from MDAF so it was quite the talk at the time. I'm sure everyone knows they emptied the fuel tanks and all the cargo to get it off the ground with only 30 minutes of fuel to get to MDAF. I don't think it was ever released as to how the mistake happened. Probably selected the wrong airport when programing the FMS.
"Journalists from the Tampa Bay Times and other news outlets filed Freedom of Information Act requests, hoping that one day an investigation might produce an explanation. Finally, it happened. A reporter for the Tampa Tribune got one of the first copies and published a story Wednesday. The account said the Air Force attributed the error to 'fatigue, complacency and a lack of flight discipline.' The pilot had lost sleep over a phone left in a taxi. The flight from Italy took 12 hours. Midair refueling sapped crew energy. As the C-17 approached Tampa, the pilot mistook a smaller airfield for MacDill, according to the account. The co-pilot and a crew member corrected him: It was Peter O. Knight, they said. But it was actually Tampa Executive Airport, well northeast of downtown. So when the real Peter O. Knight rolled into view, they were expecting it to be MacDill." Additional source: The official Air Force report states that in the days prior, this crew 'flew into complex airfields, dealt with multiple mission changes and flew long mission legs with several stops each day.' 'The flight in question originated in Rome, Italy and was assigned only one hour before flight time. It was a grueling, 12-hour flight, through six time zones, and included an in-flight re-fueling, never an easy bit of business. ‘Given all these factors, the pilot and copilot were not operating at full mental capacity. The Air Force medical staff found that the pilot was acting at a 79 percent cognitive effectiveness and the copilot 89 percent.
They can definitely lighten the planes load/weight. And I believe this model can be outfitted with side-mounted rocket boosters (JATO). Specifically designed to allow for short take-offs. I believe that C-17's can be "rocket boosted" - but it would have to be modified to be able to include the option). I kind of remember this story. I think it was able to take-off just fine.
yep,,,, with plenty to spare ..... left weeks later only using half the runway for CS.. Landing gear was up tucked in with 1000 feet of runway to go... >>ruclips.net/video/805M1svwp_8/видео.html
@@josephsmith7438 I would assume it simply takes a few weeks to get the "ducks in a row". Working out what the real weight bearing capacity of the runway is. Working out what should be removed from the aircraft. Working out who will actually perform that removal. Working out how the removed items will be transported to wherever they need to go. Getting any permits/exemptions required and so-on.
They can always off-load some fuel to decrease the take off weigh... but since the plane was arriving from somewhere, it probably doesn't have full tanks. If the runway is just too short for the plane to get airborne, they can always install a jet or rocket assisted take off.
When I was a cop at Beale, we had a Cessna land at night-after the tower closed. He just taxied through the restricted area and parked next to the U-2s. He said he thought he as at the municiple airport. We searched him, checked his license, then sold him some fuel and sent him on his way.
Back in 84, the U-2s where black and the TR1 swere white (or vice versa). Since we were in peacetime, during the weekends, the flightline was emplty except for the cops and the fire department.
+JamEngulfer Must be an Army soldier thinking he was a pilot. lol This is why the USAF doesn't accept Army pilots or anyone from the Army to transfer into the Air Force.
That pilot will never go another flight without his co-pilot saying “you sure this is the right strip?”
Made me laugh more than it should.
For the rest of his life
I think you meant to say that pilot will never go another flight..... that's it
I doubt that the Air force will ever give him another chance to "screw the pooch" again!
@@sebbekartellen6493 pretty big mistake lol, how's he being a dick for saying they probably got fired?
"No one was hurt except the pilot's pride" lol
He would of said ego haha
I"m betting the Pilot was proud he managed to land that thing on such a small strip. This would of course been before he realized he was in the wrong place lol.
and his job
Now he has a smaller ego and a bigger gps navigation screen
I think a more accurate word would be "career"
lmao imagine just chiling at a tiny airport and a gigantic military plane just lands right infront of you
Yeh fill it up Mac 😂
Watching cesnas pass lol
Lol would make my day.
I'd love to build a spare runway out in the bush here just for that purpose... :P
@@kendaru6365 cessna's*
Next: USAF lands in China, thinking it’s Japan.
Anything can happen 😂😂 maybe North Korea 🤣🤣🤣
@@satoukazumadesu2924 I see what you did there
They look the same anyway, honest mistake.
@@acedev003
Pretty sure they blow shit out of the air regardless what it is, like they did with the previous drone that entered their airspace.
@@SMGJohn lol 😂
2:48 "The air force have confirmed that it's one of their planes."
Oh really? It looked like an Emirates flight to me.
Kaleb Bruwer lmao that was good
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@@hoi4noob765 69th like by me!😂
Prime Gaming highly highly unlikely though lol ours are pretty distinct
Probably one of these easy jet cheap flights
pilot must have gotten his ass kicked when he got back to base
Its the Chair Force dude.............
ya lol
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I THOUGHT THERE WAS A BUG ON MY SCREEN
Umm, no
I’ve done approaches into MacDill AFB for runway 23 many times and I can see how the AF pilot may have mistaken the wrong airfield for landing. Peter o Knight’s runway 22 lines up nearly perfectly with runway 23 at MacDill and it’s easy to confuse the two runways, especially if you’re doing a visual approach on final for runway 23 at MacDill, aren’t familiar with the area, and the Peter O Knights airfield being uncontrolled. Glad to hear the pilots landed safely and were able to take back off again. Definitely a call sign review is in order lol.
A similar incident happened in 1977 involving 4/F-105s transiting to MacDill. The weather was partly cloudy with showers in the area around Tampa Bay. MacDill had been using Runway 04 but due to the wind shift, from the SW, Runway 22 become the active runway about the same time the flight of 4/F-105s were inbound. In 1977, MacDill had a PAR approach but couldn't get their equipment aligned quickly enough for the inbound F-105s so, the flight lead requested a Visual Approach to runway 22 from Tampa Approach! Tampa Approach approved the Visual Approach, the flight lead reported the runway in sight, and the fight was handed off to MacDill Tower for the Visual Approach. The flight checked in with MacDill tower for the Visual Approach, however due to the low visibility, the tower controller stated to the flight lead, "not insight, check wheels down, wind ___, cleared to land runway 22 MacDill." The flight lead responded, "Runway 22 in sight, base, gear down, cleared to land rwy 22!" As noted in the video above, the runway at MacDill is nearly 12,000 ft but, the runway at Peter O' Knight is only about 3,000 ft ...and the F-105 would use about 2,000 ft just to get the wheels on the ground due to their speed! When the flight lead landed and realized his mistake, he unfortunately had already deployed his drag chute. Flight lead quickly dropped his chute, instructed the other 3 aircraft to go-around, and executed a touch and go! The flight proceeded to MacDill and landed uneventful, minus one drag chute for flight lead which had to be retrieved from Peter O' Knight ground crew.
A note of caution for both MacDill Tower and Tampa Approach: Never assume the pilot has the correct runway 22 in sight for a Visual Approach for these 2 runways. Because of the close proximity and the runway alignments for MacDill and Peter O' Knight, it's very easy to make the mistake and land at the wrong airport. While I was working at MacDill Tower in the late 70s, we would have at least 10 civilian aircraft land Runway 22 at MacDill each year and the pilot thought he/she was landing at Peter O' Knight. Never assume the pilot has the correct runway in sight for a Runway 22 Visual Approach and I'm positive this is exactly what happened to the C-17! In 1977, it was the responsibility of the Tampa Approach Controller to monitor the aircraft to it's destination but failed to do so in this case but, the tower controller correctly stated to the 4/F-105s "Not in Sight, cleared to land" for the Visual Approach since the pilot stated he "had the runway in sight!"
On a side note: While working traffic on a busy Friday at MacDill in 79', with F-16s everywhere, a DC-10 cleared for a Visual Approach to rwy 36L at Tampa, landed on rwy 04 at MacDill in the middle of a severe thunderstorm!
@@maddogjust4u288 thank you for the awesome insight! Folks working at Macdill Tower have always been professional and awesome to work with while beating up the pattern / GCA’s!
@@Skybusdriver Terry ...another incident that happened at MacDill in 79 involved T-38's from Craig AFB (since closed). During a fly-in for the summer 79 Air Show at MacDill, we had aircraft parked everywhere on what's called the "North and South" ramps. The T-38's were cleared for a Visual Approach to rwy 22, but because of past knowledge of pilots landing at the wrong airport, I was watching the flight very closely to ensure they landed on the correct runway. Turns out my hunch was right as the flight of 2/T-28s, tried to land on the North Ramp which is/was also aligned with rwy 22. When I finally spotted the aircraft on a short final to the ramp, I quickly told them to "Go Around" averting a catastrophic accident.
@@maddogjust4u288 glad you were able to see that happening, it’s easy to get complacent and mistaken the wrong airfield in this situation! We bounce a lot at Cecil airfield when Navy Jax is too busy!
First clue: No tower saying they don’t have you on their screen.
Second clue: That big old 22 vs 23 at the end of the runway.
😂😂😂😂😂
"they've confrimed it's one of their planes"
me: oh wow i wonder how probably because of the ABSLOUTLY GIGANTIC USAF LOGO ON IT.
I would've never guessed
No,really!? 😂
they should have said "naah, Chinese fake! sure it LOOKS like ours, but if you look at that logo closely ... "
"they've confirmed it's one of their planes"
Yeah, gigantic USAF logo on it, NAAAH THAT AINT OURS
"We caught you in 4K! How did they catch you in 4K??!!"
"Not me"
IMPOSSIBLE i-i-i-i MEAN ITS POSSIBILY OURS BUT PFFTT IT CANT BE!
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"No officer, that ain't mine, it was there when I got here."
See you after 8 years, when RUclips recommends this video to us again.
Aha, hi future hope you cured the virus 🤞
Yup
yess
well uuuuh yeah yo are correct! Damn boi
Yep see yaaa
*back door opens*
*military hops out and starts shooting*
Pilot: Wait, this isn't the right place.
Military: shit.
lmao
this comment's very inaccurate and got a ton of things wrong, but i won't be a funny joke ruiner because those people suck
@@Sticknub good choice
Remember, no Russian
@@Casper-ve7mp you win lmao
@@Sticknub idk what your talking about i've literally seen this happen in person they almost hit me
Me an air traffic controller: there’s no way
News: there was no control tower
Me: okay now it makes sense
Is ur call sign BM?
@@momisthebest1000 bravo mango of course
@@bananaman153 am hungry now
Still tho, you gotta imagine when they tell the AF control tower they are coming in for landing and control tower doesn't see them anywhere near then why didn't they speak up?
@@michaelvigil5321 they said there was no control tower at that air field so pilots have make their own decisions and planes courses and this pilot mad a horrible mistake of landing where they shouldn’t
the pilot probably felt how I felt when I would walk into the wrong class in high scool
yup XD
gg g exactly
yah
haha lol
gg g right lol
As if those pilots couldn't have been anymore embarrassed, they weren't transporting pallets of beans, they had none other than Gen. James Mattis, commander of CENTCOM, onboard. Imagine THAT feeling - landing at the wrong strip with a four-star general onboard. Fortunately, Mattis was a champ about it and said:
"The young pilot did a good job landing, albeit on the wrong strip,"
and
"Some young guys made a human error, and hopefully they'll recover and enjoy long and illustrious careers."
What a fucking BOSS.
Class act, indeed.
Reading Marcus Aurelius (which Mattis was known to do) makes one a very forgiving person.
@@xxxBradTxxx "You Knew Marcus Aurelius?" ..... "I didn't say I knew him.I said he touched me on the shoulder!"
@@jamesalexander5623 He gave you the wooden sword?
@@dancingkids5158 Indeed .... The Rudis!
1Pilot:say I won’t land here
2Pilot:you won’t
1Pilot:bet
2Pilot👁👄👁
Lol
I can’t it’s at 99
Lol
👁️👄👁️
🤡
Plane: **Taxis past Cessna which could fit inside one of it's engine.*
Pilot: "Uhh, I don't think this is the airbase..."
saw a small runway and was like "challenge accepted"
Perfecf
more like "small airport..... someone hold my beer"
LOL
+Andrew D AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA xD DYING OML
lol
December 2023. Idk why but YT has just recommended me that video without any reason. Greetings from Poland and have a great day! ;)
Thanks for watching! Cheers from Cincinnati, OH! 😀
9 YEARS AGO, HOLY. why is this being recommended
*This happened 6 years ago.... and its showing in my recommendations NOW...*
Bravo RUclips! :3
Exactly
Same
Yo same
Didn't notice that lol
YEah seriously what is going on... Looks like RUclips is broken
Pilot 2: “No balls you will land on that airstrip”
Pilot 1: “Are you saying I won’t?”
Pilot 2: “yes I am”
Pilot 1: “Aight bet”
20 seconds later....
Pilot 2: "you won't make an original comment"
Pilot 1: "Are you saying I won't?"
Pilot 2: "Actually yes I know you won't"
pilot 1: "Bet"
3 weeks later....
Lol 😂👍👏
pilot 2:" oh shit he did it"
pilot 1:"look who's the smart cookie now"
pilot 2:"bet you can't take off now"
pilot 1:"hold my beer"
Best comment
Commanding Officer: *Cough*
Pilot 1: "I-I can explain!"
Guys this wasn’t me I swear
This is the opposite of an epic gamer moment
not funny unlaughed
Imagine that pilot's embarrassment.
+nunya biznez He is probably managing the lunch counter at the officers mess now.
+victor256in Lol.
+victor256in Not sure he'd even be given the dignity of the officer's mess. NCO hall for you, bud.
why embarrassment? It was a fantastic job to land that beast on this strip! He did a good job anyways and he proved skill .
That was definitely an OH SHIT of the year.
"It's confirmed to be one of pur planes."
USAF: "That can't be ours, ours are, um, pink, this one is gray."
?
MalcolmH15 ikr I don’t know somebody who could be more stupid
Blair Williams it’s an amoung us reference from the game among us 😂
ArmchairWarrior it’s a game called among us you probally don’t know what it is that’s why you don’t know
It's a joke on how when the air force do something wrong, they hide it or say they investigated and they did nothing wrong
Still the fact that he managed to successfully land it there is impressive 😂
Look up c-130 lands on carrier this has nothing on those
@@apex_blue Yeah but those are designed to carry that much weight, this airport strip can barely support the weight of that aircraft, if he touched down too hard the ground would crack and would mess up the landing.
@@NSAhitLIST Worst case it would cause a little depression and minor cracking. The plane would still land fine.
As someone who has flown a bit you have special maps with approach paths, obstacle descriptions. I can't imagine how this would happen.
@@apex_blueCarriers have arresting wires to stop the plane
I think it would've been a hell of a lot funnier if the Air Force did NOT confirm it was their plane. If they were just like "we don't know whose plane that is >_>
Lol... holds up a weather balloon.
"As you can see a weather balloon in the heat looks exactly like a USAF plane"
"Uhh...no"
"Move along now nothing to see here".
@@mirzamay Funny you say that. I assume you know about Gary Powers who flew the U2 "spy plane" over Soviet airspace and it got shot down by the Russians & nothing was said in the Russian media about it for days. Meanwhile the US was bearing for some exposure by foreign press about what may have occurred to the American pilot. The Pilot's mission involved if he was to get shot down he was to inject himself with a poison. Since the news of missing reconnaissance plane never came to light during the propaganda Cold War the US had to issue a statement because an American was missing, so a statement was issued that a weather experimental plane was missing. After the American press release of the missing plane the Soviets setup an EDM festival that includes a parade as the finally with USAF pilot Gary Powers as its Master of Ceremony. The C17 pilot can now laugh that his bad ...was't that Bad!
Co pilot: Bet you can’t land there
Pilot: Hold my beer
That is funny. I waa thinking co pilot: we shouldn't land there. Pilot: watch this.
Randomcgames that would be really bad, pilots are not allowed to even have had alcohol 5 days before the flight, much less during flight
Blast Music your right I am
a Curious Square It's a fucking joke
Denzel Washington
Pilot: were landing here
co-pilot: but sir the runway is...
Pilot: *DID I STUTTER?*
SR72 - Stanley Hudson is the pilot lol
Did i stooter?
stanley is that you😂😂
Robin noob
Don’t worry Stanley knows what to do to get the plane off the runway
First remove any additional cargo from the plane. Then make sure the aircraft has as much runway as possible. Set the throttle to maximum and
SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT
"huge" airplane. "Laughs in C5"
The first time I set foot in an empty Galaxy, I yelled to see how long it would echo. It didn't disappoint
YT brings me back after 11yrs
Credit to the pilot -- he put it down safely.
What? Guaranteed he lost his license
Agreed, and we should credit the construction firm that made the runway able to handle something exponentially heavier than what was requested and what it was probably certified for. One of my kids is studying civil engineering and has gotten me to appreciate the complexity behind any flat piece of asphalt or concrete.
the USAF pilot did not lose his license...... anything else you want to guarantee?
I'll bet he wished all that happened was him losing his license.
The crews are use to landing at shorter runways and can take off from that airport easily, but some of the equipment may have to be removed depending on what they was carrying.
Now imagine if it was the other way around: a personal plane lands at the airforce base. *explosions heard in the background*
Yep my dad use to be a usa pilot hes was a admiral.
HudsonGTV lol so tru! But see nobody would wanna touch that big U.S. Air Force plane. I know I sure wouldn’t mess with anything like that at all!🤣
@@kevinlin5585 Admiral isn't a rank in the US Air Force...
FirstOrderTrooper 2 lmao exposed
@@kevinlin5585 um kid stay off the internet cause that aint no rank #Exposed 😂😭💀💀
Is anyone gonna mention the unbelievably short stopping distance used for this landing? Wow!
Big ass thrust reversers!
@@koori3085 Look up c-130 landing on carrier these things are far more agile than they look
@@apex_blue Have spent a while around C-17s and less around the 130, but I'm familiar with their abilities.
@@koori3085 When I mean agile, I mean how quickly those speed up and slowdown, and the c-130 didn't use a hook(it didn't use one) and no catapult so just regular takeoff and it did it like, but they stopped it because the margin of error for landing regular was just to high
textbook short field landing...minus landing at the wrong airport 😂
*lands*
"Hold on a minute... Jerry, this is not the Area 51 runway."
i want to see it take off now
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@@SebastianLopez-pe7mw nice dot bro
Lol stardust leds be like:
same
ruclips.net/video/s40HBIHdZlw/видео.html
though not the same case, but these giant can take off quickly, seems so. I may be wrong
SIKE! that's the wrong airstrip!
*bunch of people yelling 'OOOOOOH' can be heard in the distance*
you sir, made my day.
i cant stop laughing at this comment
Oh my gosh!! So funny!!
**Says the guy in the control tower**
Hyron Harrison There is no Control Tower at that airport... ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!!!!
When you graduated online:
Press Capitalized F
*TAB + F*
My spreadsheet is immeasurable and my file is ruined
@@tullamorejameson480 cringe
So glad the Air Force said it was their plane. Thought someone took my gold plated private jet for a second. Phew
*lands the plane*
*sits there for a long time*
Pilot:
oops
Hahahahahahah!😂😂😂
Pilot:where the hell is the cargo I have waiting for so long...
LOOK AROUND THE
AIRSTRIPS
Pilot:oh.........
Yeh after they land,
This doesn’t look right???
Where you at Ollie? IM AT THE WRONG AIRPORT!
gosh that italian family at the next table sure is quiet
Cesar Cortez YOU'RE AT THE WRONG AIRPORT...BITCH!!!!!!!!!!"
xD nice referenc3
Cesar Cortez wanna know something weird, Ollie's my nickname.
Im over here googling when its gonna take off and realizing the story is from 11 years ago. Thanks RUclips algorithm for this timely news story 😂
Video= 9 Years Ago
RUclips= Lets recommend this now
co pilot - "bet you can't land there" pilot- "oh yeah?" that's how it went down peoples.
Aj P hold my beer
ok
guaranteed they did it just to see if they could
Haha
“Hold ma beer” hey what are you doing flying under the influence
2:25 wow, remember when news people did research? That part made me nostalgic.
Wasn't lost on me! That was refreshing. At 3:18 it's clear he actually gives a shit about being a journalist, actually fleshing out the story to make it valuable.
about that....
the question of the video: Can the plane take off? A: Yes! this plane was specially designed to take off on short runways
Come on people....google was very well alive in 2012
Even the local stations were making drama back then, just that instead of throwing piles of shit at everybody, they are professionally rocket launching manure trucks at each other nowadays
Cordoba uh, the airstrip isn’t made for massive planes like the C-17, its way too heavy even if it should take off short runways
@@airbornewarningandcontrols396 you are right about that
ruclips.net/video/pWv1O8Nn1yE/видео.html
The Legend say this plane is still grounded over there to this day.
Large USAF cargo planes, like the c-17 and c-5, often need longer runways because of the massive potential weight of their loads. For the same reason, they are also designed for insane amounts of lift.
What that means is that these planes can take off after a disproportionally short distance if carrying minimal payload.
The C-5 was even designed to be able to take off and land in rough and undersized forward air bases despite being the largest airplane for much of its service.
I don’t think the C-17 can be fitted with JATO or RATO rockets for short field takeoffs like some earlier planes either, I assume because they designed it with so much lift and power to do short field landings and takeoffs it didn’t actually need them anymore. I’m always amazed when these planes fly above my house because they fly pretty low and slow compared to airliners giving the impression they are flying incredibly slow.
Yep, it was no problem ruclips.net/video/805M1svwp_8/видео.htmlfeature=shared
@@alexburke1899 They are also designed to fly great at very slow speeds so they can accurately and safely drop parachute loads, like airdropped supplies or even vehicles. If you drop those from too much height or speed you risk wind moving them to an unsafe area.
the c-17 is designed for short takeoffs, even with large loads. it was designed this way fro short airstrips in warzones.
*Doesn't fly planes...*
*Doesn't watch planes...*
*RUclips: I got u fam*
Lmao same
*Only plays Fortnite*
FACTS
But you indeed play fortnite
Skeleton so do you
Imagine the AirForce saying it wasn't there plane
ThEiR
Enemy Gunship above
their*
Jan 8 2008 3 UFOs vs 10 F16 in TX Air force we wasn't out that night .
ruclips.net/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/видео.html
And then RUclips decided after 9 years it's finally time for me to watch this.
See you after 20 years, when RUclips recommends this video again. Wow time flies, spend it wisely
google map says this way . :D
Apple maps
xD
Yeah apple sucks
bing maps is best
mark tempelman lol
I wanna hear that pilot's new nickname.
Capt. Crunch
Captain short
Major Scrooup.
He's been demoted to Lieutenant grounded.
Capt. "Forever"
as an experienced playstation video game player of 30 years I can understand how this could happen to a veteran pilot
This is all part of an Oceans 11 style heist, there's a crew waiting to disappear with that "normal cargo"
"Shit Gerald, I told we should've turned left..."
@FS9 MadDog Driver it aint carl its Rick
"They've confirmed it's one of their planes that has landed here" xD who else could it have been? Like "Oh no, that's not our plane, that one belongs to Sam down the street"
lol
Thief?
Lmao lol hahahahah
well...did they get it in the air again?
That One Guy s
An old friend of mine did this in while serving in Germany in the 50's or 60's and made the mistake of telling us . We never let him forget it. God rest his soul !
The field reporter did a fantastic job. He did do his research and presented it well.
Then all the other idiot news guy really said was, "how are they going to get rid of it? TaKe iT aPaRt?¿
He probably was taking navigation from google maps
Mooch Buster best part is, google maps won’t view in military bases, so this joke can be absolutely possible
I'm dead
You mean Apple maps?
Apple Maps* Google maps is the good one, apple maps sends you the wrong direction
"Turn right" lol
The C-17s are designed to take off and land on short runways... What's everyone so concerned about? It took off easy.. It cleared the runway with 1000ft of clearance... Great example of media over exaggerating things..
Shaun Pond the weight buddy the runway isn’t designed for that much weight
“Buddy” theres no reason to act tough and a know it all, plus the comment only has 19 likes so your opinion doesnt really matter to someone across the country or planet
I think the Air Force encourages their pilots to at least try , though. But your point that approximation is close enough is well taken.
It's just a case of not understanding it. People tend to think that because it's a big plane, it can't make the short runway. I believe it to be a testament to what the C-17 can achieve
the weight buddy the runway isn’t designed for that much weight
When a Navy pilot in the 50’s landed on the wrong ship they spray painted “Must be Air Force” on his plane. “Maybe this is Navy?” Lol.
1:57 “Nobody got hurt except for the pilots pride, a little bruising here tonight, Jim”
One of the greatest takedowns of all time
For the pilot's next challenge he plans to land in Time square...
That didn’t end up well last time...
@@oscara2588 bruh lol
Its possible with a VTOL aircraft.
Not Me DAMN OOF
*Woah*
*“wHaT arE tHEy gOnnA dO? TAkE iT apARt?”*
yis
But did they? What happened after that?
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@@brunos6599 It took off.
Caleb Stevens they offloaded the cargo and flew it out
USAF: "Yes, that's our aircraft; however, the pilot now....well he may not be after we issue him an article 92."
With this being an uncontrolled airport it's a good thing nobody else was on the runway at the time
The pilot did an *OOPSIE*
Nico NL thank you Olivia Borger
OOOOOOPPPPPPSIEEEEEEE
he did an oopppsiiedoopsi'
OPSIE
That was a FAT yikes
A callsign was earned that day. Ah, here comes old "wrong hole" now.
LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for your service!
That plane can takeoff from a very small airfield. It’s a beast! It’s also designed to land in a very small space as well.
great reporter! he really did his research and explained the situation well and with detail.
Thx for informing us
um no he didnt. keeps saying the c17 cant make it. it can. the c17 is made for short take off and landing. this airfield is a piece of cake for the C-17
he literally says at 2:30 that the plane can just about make it off a runway this size and that theyll probably reduce the payload in order to. he never says once that it isnt possible.
+MrIsaacE watch the take off he goes soo short hes already midair after barely reving up. its just overrated drama
ok thats fascinating
"Hello Sir, it's Captain...... i kinda landed in a wrong airport!"
Captain: fricc
100th like
Another captain: Damn the higher-ups aren't gonna be happy *giggles like a bitch*
11 years later I get this recommended…
This pilot just earned a new callsign :)
Young pilot nails landing: yep, I did a good job yet again.
ATC: sir, do you confirm you are flying a military C17
Pilot: yesir I sure am
ATC: the reason I am asking, sir, is because I can't see you on the runway
Pilot has left the chat...
🤣🤣🤣 i am thinking how will it take off
l o l-and i did!
@@Gamingwithshubham284 They unloaded some cargo and it took off fine.
2012: HOLD
2013: HOLD
2014: HOLD
2015: HOLD
2016: HOLD
2017: HOLD
2018: HOLD
2019: HOLD
2020: RECOMMEND!!!
2021: still recommending
How original.
Alex Fasenmyer yeah ikr. I just had to comment it bc no one else on this video had that I have seen.
@@A_Random_Person324 i mean i see a lot of "why is this vid recommended to me" type comments but ive never seen this one before. its original enough i liked it
@@suvhur same
lmfao I didnt even realise that it happened on 2012
Co-pilot: “…”
Pilot: “…”
Co-pilot: “We are so fired”
Pilot: “yeah”
Co-pilot “yeah”
This video keeps being recommended to me for the last 6 years
Probably got fired and started flying for delta.
Blue collar Gold pockets it was obviously a joke and you where replying to a comment over half a year ago
Not delta thats too good let him fly to his home
Don’t
Ever
Land
There
Again
I believe this was my spirit pilot the last time I flew
He got off and got a drink and a application
Turns out, Gen. Mattis (!!) was on board the flight - on way back from Italy.
The pilot first mistook a 3rd airport (NOT Peter O Knight) for McDill...and two other crew 'corrected' him (incorrectly) saying no, that's Peter O Knight when in fact that airport was Tampa Executive airport. So when they saw Peter O Knight, due to a very long flight and fatigue, and thinking they'd just passed Peter O Knight (when in fact it was Tampa Executive they'd just passed), they assumed this one was McDill AFB when actually it was the REAL Peter O Knight.
Gen. Mattis evidently laughed it off saying no harm done, he'd made many mistakes as a young military man, put in a good word for the pilot saying it is much ado about nothing (super cool of him to do so).
Anyway that's a bit more information for whomever is interested. Here's a link to the story...
www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/air-force-blames-pilot-fatigue-for-c-17-landing-4-miles-from-macdill/1272014
I know you posted this two years ago but thank you. I was really curious about the outcome 👍
I remember when this happened. I grew up 40 minutes from MDAF so it was quite the talk at the time. I'm sure everyone knows they emptied the fuel tanks and all the cargo to get it off the ground with only 30 minutes of fuel to get to MDAF. I don't think it was ever released as to how the mistake happened. Probably selected the wrong airport when programing the FMS.
"Journalists from the Tampa Bay Times and other news outlets filed Freedom of Information Act requests, hoping that one day an investigation might produce an explanation. Finally, it happened. A reporter for the Tampa Tribune got one of the first copies and published a story Wednesday.
The account said the Air Force attributed the error to 'fatigue, complacency and a lack of flight discipline.' The pilot had lost sleep over a phone left in a taxi. The flight from Italy took 12 hours. Midair refueling sapped crew energy.
As the C-17 approached Tampa, the pilot mistook a smaller airfield for MacDill, according to the account. The co-pilot and a crew member corrected him: It was Peter O. Knight, they said.
But it was actually Tampa Executive Airport, well northeast of downtown. So when the real Peter O. Knight rolled into view, they were expecting it to be MacDill."
Additional source:
The official Air Force report states that in the days prior, this crew 'flew into complex airfields, dealt with multiple mission changes and flew long mission legs with several stops each day.'
'The flight in question originated in Rome, Italy and was assigned only one hour before flight time. It was a grueling, 12-hour flight, through six time zones, and included an in-flight re-fueling, never an easy bit of business.
‘Given all these factors, the pilot and copilot were not operating at full mental capacity. The Air Force medical staff found that the pilot was acting at a 79 percent cognitive effectiveness and the copilot 89 percent.
They can definitely lighten the planes load/weight. And I believe this model can be outfitted with side-mounted rocket boosters (JATO). Specifically designed to allow for short take-offs. I believe that C-17's can be "rocket boosted" - but it would have to be modified to be able to include the option). I kind of remember this story. I think it was able to take-off just fine.
yep,,,, with plenty to spare ..... left weeks later only using half the runway for CS.. Landing gear was up tucked in with 1000 feet of runway to go...
>>ruclips.net/video/805M1svwp_8/видео.html
@@josephsmith7438 I would assume it simply takes a few weeks to get the "ducks in a row". Working out what the real weight bearing capacity of the runway is. Working out what should be removed from the aircraft. Working out who will actually perform that removal. Working out how the removed items will be transported to wherever they need to go. Getting any permits/exemptions required and so-on.
I'm sure JATO was someone's first suggestion
lol.. 2:49 the Air Force's official response was "*sigh*... yeah, it's ours..."
😂
Wait I thought it a a Emirates plane
Just about sums it up doesn't it?
wait, it wasn’t a Ryan Airlines plane?
I thought that this was an airbus a380 😂
eh C17s are designed for small airstrips
2660 feet is how long the runway crew did a great job getting stop
fastone942 yeah a lot of the reason the plane sat on that airport for so long was to let the brakes cool haha
what Truck is on your profile pic
yes C17's are pretty much highly advanced
MAD MAX it's my 1994 F150 with aftermarket headlights lol
Jason Guarino Lol thats pretty cool I have an interest in all sort's or vehicles and motorcycles including aviation :D
Woah news reporting 11 years ago was the real deal. Very articulate and informative. He was well prepared.
My favourite content.
Videos that I already liked.
**Confirmed USAF plane**
USAF: That looks Russian
помните, нет английского.
Yeah, that’s чертов Ил-76
It took off the runway through the power of Stalin alone.
@@mikuhatsunegoshujin the hand of Stalin lifting the plane up into the heavens (like using the force)
Those Russians once again. Tried to smuggle equipment into the USA under false flag.
In America, they don't need clearance to land a 10 thousand metric tons of freedom.
Samovar The Russian Water Boiler hi I love Russia from the U.S
Russia is great. I wish USA had less snowflakes and had tougher ppl like Russia.
Lmao.
AMERICA! FUCK YEAH
Metric?
These are the best videos to watch at 5am when you can't go back to sleep
I want to see footage of the plane taking off.
+This1Unbox If i remember correctly, a plane like that needs a much bigger runway to take-off so, they put it apart and drove it out of there
Manuel Giovinazzo Look at that link, same plane, same incident, same runway...
+XTheLostChampionX umm yeah, why do you think i posted it?
the plane successfully took-off on its own without been pulled apart.
if only there was such a place you could watch such content hrmm.....
This reporter was actually very informative and interesting, seems like he actually cares about what he's doing
Imagine being one of the soldiers that had to go on the offload detail
They can always off-load some fuel to decrease the take off weigh... but since the plane was arriving from somewhere, it probably doesn't have full tanks. If the runway is just too short for the plane to get airborne, they can always install a jet or rocket assisted take off.
landing the cargo plane at sandy shores be like....
you sir are a legend
Bloody halarious
sandy shores is smaller
It's impossible to land at Mckenzie Airfield with the cargo plane or jet, there's stuff to make you blow up on both sides.
you can land anything there besides the cargo plane
Gta San Andrea's be like
*Gta San andreas Theme Play *
Nostalgic button noise
GTA Tampa
@@drunkenwino6546 Tampa is too hardcore for GTA
Legend has it that it is still sitting there to this day!
I wonder what the outcome was, but i imagine if they waited for a bit of a headwind they could reduce the takeoff length.
If you look a couple videos down, you can see it was able to take off later that evening. :)
When I was a cop at Beale, we had a Cessna land at night-after the tower closed. He just taxied through the restricted area and parked next to the U-2s. He said he thought he as at the municiple airport.
We searched him, checked his license, then sold him some fuel and sent him on his way.
I wonder what that man was thinking as he parked next to the U-2s, "gee why are people painting there gliders black?"
Back in 84, the U-2s where black and the TR1 swere white (or vice versa).
Since we were in peacetime, during the weekends, the flightline was emplty except for the cops and the fire department.
+Forensource Oh wow, that must have been a heck of an evening for him.
+JamEngulfer Must be an Army soldier thinking he was a pilot. lol This is why the USAF doesn't accept Army pilots or anyone from the Army to transfer into the Air Force.
Huh? Services transfer all the time. You are just being goofy.
The pilot opens the door and says "America mfrs!"
At least the plane landed in the right country...
Hhahhhahhahahhahahahahahahhahahq