
Landing a C-97G at Dodgeville
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Tom Thomas shares his story of landing a C-97G airplane at the Dodgeville Airport in 1977.
Tom Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Retired), elaborates on the role he played in landing a Boeing C-97G onto a 2,700 x 30 foot runaway. The plane was purchased in 1977 by the owner of the Dodgeville Airport in Wisconsin for the purpose of turning it into a restaurant, known as the Don Q Inn. This lecture was recorded at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh.
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Landing a C-97G at Dodgeville
Special | 50m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Tom Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Retired), elaborates on the role he played in landing a Boeing C-97G onto a 2,700 x 30 foot runaway. The plane was purchased in 1977 by the owner of the Dodgeville Airport in Wisconsin for the purpose of turning it into a restaurant, known as the Don Q Inn. This lecture was recorded at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh.
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