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Landing a C-97G at Dodgeville

Special | 50m 56s  | Video has closed captioning.

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.

Aired: 05/14/14

Rating: TV-G

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