Timeline for Can large aircraft go VFR?
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| Sep 24, 2019 at 0:27 | comment | added | Aaron | Yes you are right, and nonetheless he used the call "heavy". Its MTOW is around 120,000 pounds and lands at around 110,000 pounds. That is "large" category. Perhaps he was trying to give us a heads up that if we were in the pattern and landing after him, that we should watch our separation for wake turbulence. We were less than 15,000 pounds. Interesting coming in from approach control, was the pilot using the same call sign? The tower didn't complain. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 22:01 | comment | added | mongo | I didn't know a DC-9 was a heavy. | |
| Jan 28, 2017 at 16:19 | comment | added | Aaron | Thanks. I wasn't sure if they were still using them. It has been a while. I was in Beeville well before 2014 :) I always imagined the pilot was a cross between a fighter pilot, fond of the break, and a P3 pilot not afraid to get the wingtip close the wave tops. Thanks for your comment and contribution, | |
| Jan 28, 2017 at 11:30 | comment | added | David Richerby | According to Wikipedia, the US Navy retired the last of its DC-9s in 2014. They now use Boeing C-40A Clippers, which are 737-700s. | |
| Jan 27, 2017 at 18:42 | history | edited | Aaron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2017 at 2:59 | history | answered | Aaron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |