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 On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 18:19:40 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
 
 >A crowd of about 1,000 had gathered to watch the final landing of a Transall
 >C-160 which was about to be decommissioned after many years of service. All
 >appeared to be going smoothly as it approached the Ballenstedt airfield in
 >Germany. Suddenly the pilot reported that he could not see the start of the
 >runway from his cockpit -- and came down on a side road where many of the
 >spotters were standing. As some fled in terror, the braver or more foolhardy
 >stood their ground, keeping their cameras trained on the 31-ton aircraft to
 >catch every second of the action. And two of them standing beside a fence
 >post came within inches of being crushed under its wheels. The plane then
 >bounced up in the air, the pilot regained control and landed it safely.
 >
 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qO6z6bTa-E
 
 Seems to be a theme at that airfield - towards the end of the video
 you can see a FWP.149D that landed on a roof...  =)
 
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