Yesterday a C-17 landed safely. It was also pretty spectacular, as it was on a 3,000′ general aviation strip 5 miles short of the McDill AFB runway.
Okay, but can they then fly it out?
From here:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/military/read.main/145598/
“Okay, but can they then fly it out?”
With room to spare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g91O-jaT4
I’m sure they tilted the odds in their favor by doing all of these things:
o Offloaded all the cargo
o Offloaded most of the fuel
o Took off before dawn, when it’s cool so the density altitude is low