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A wayward Dreamlifter – a massive Boeing cargo plane – missed its intended destination of McConnell Air Force Base on Wednesday 21,2013 night and landed nine miles to the north at city-owned Jabara Airport.
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Wayward Dreamlifter captivates the Air Capital A wayward Dreamlifter – a massive Boeing cargo plane – missed its intended destination of McConnell Air Force.
When the Dreamlifter – piloted by a different crew than the one that goofed – finally took off at 1:15 p.m. without a hitch, the crowds cheered and honked horns.
As word spread early Thursday about the incident, crowds braved the cold and windy weather to gawk at the plane near 37th and North Webb Road. Some sat in cars that crawled along Webb or in parking lots across the street. Others lined a fence about 100 yards from the runway.
Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter accidentally lands at Jabara airport in Wichita on Wednesday night thinking it was landing at McConnell Air Force Base. The gigantic plane is stuck on the 6,100-foot runway at Jabara.
John McKenzie takes a photo of the Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter which mistakingly landed at Jabara airport in Wichita on Wednesday night thinking it was landing at McConnell Air Force Base. Several onlookers stopped by to see the gigantic plane