NEACP 747 over Tulsa

[Mitch Rapp]

Pretty sure they are looking for Reddog.

Pretty cool plane, circling really low. Calibrating equipment with the tower maybe? Seems like I see it once or twice a year.

 

[HiredHand]

Wonder if its doing touch and goes? Looks like it was here back in '08. http://www.newson6.com/story/9505403/a-747-causes-quite-a-stir-over-tulsa

 

[rlongnt]

It hit's the pattern for about 15-20 min in Tulsa every few weeks. My old office was at 4000 N Mingo and it was always cool to see.

 

[mksmth]

last time i remember it coming here it flew right over our office at 11th and 169. its was really low. I heard it just practices landing here and other cities in case there was ever a need for it.

 

[Perplexed]

So that's what I saw twice outside my window about an hour ago! The second time I saw it making an approach to the airport, I thought to myself: "That's funny, I could swear I saw that same plane just a little bit ago..."

 

[Glocktogo]

TUL is centrally located, fairly uncongested and doesn't have any special flight restrictions to be concerned with. More importantly, it has every available approach type (ILS, RNAV, VOR/TACAN, etc.). Each pass they make is on a different approach type for pilot currency.

We get a lot of transient traffic making low passes as a result. Yesterday it was a USAF C-21 Lear.

 

[Poke78]

I think I saw that coming in when I was headed south on Memorial from Admiral when I was headed to the office from lunch. I noticed it was a little larger than the usual stuff but I saw it head-on so I couldn't see any markings.

 

[Blitzfike]

The guys who fly the mil jets like Awacs and NEACP spend lots more time boring holes in the air than they do taking off and landing. Crews always complain after returning from a deployment that they have to stay aboard while the flight crew catches up on the mandatory number of take offs and landings for the hours flown. They usually spend several hours doing touch and goes or low flights over the runway.