[United Douglas DC-8-21 - "Accidental Landing Troutdale" - 1962]

Thanks for sharing. I live just a few miles from Troutdale (KTTD) - I live across the Columbia River in WA State. Never heard of this story before. Very interesting! I imagine the pilot who landed at the wrong airport never flew for United again??

 

 

I'm sure he didn't...  This was well before my time, but there are other incident's like this out there...  

[United Douglas DC-8-21 - "Accidental Landing Troutdale" - 1962]

Wondering if any of the old timers here remember this happening.  I was told about it a few years ago by a friend.  One of the stories he told me about it was that the test pilot who got it out of there was Boeing's "cowboy" - Tex Johnson.  Tex is the one who did a barrel roll in the prototype 707.

 

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRMd62MmePI

 

Here's the video of the 707...  Enjoy..

 

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA7kPfC5Hk