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My dad flew C-47s in the Air Force. He talked about one flight going into Hondo TX with a high ranking civilian employee on board. It was one of the president's cabinet members that insisted he get to Hondo. Dad said the fog was so heavy they tried to talk the guy out of them landing there, but he insisted. They finally landed in zero zero conditions, and all they saw was one more runway light. He figured he had overshot the runway and was about to run off the runway, he had on all the brakes and then another light showed up through the fog. The got stopped and could not see any taxiway.
He called for a "follow me" truck to lead them back to the ramp. It took the follow me truck 25 minutes to find them on the runway, and he ended up running into the tail of the airplane.
Dad was very upset with the entire episode and unhappy with the orders to land in those conditions. The ironic part is it was one of his smoothest landing and the cabinet member was deep in paperwork and was shocked at the conditions when he walked off the airplane.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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