Yankees and Airplanes (cont'd)

[NJAowner]

October 14, 2006 -- A corporate jet carrying seven people - including Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez - slid off a California runway yesterday, authorities said. No one was hurt.

The Gulfstream 3 owned by A-Rod had five passengers and two crew members when it arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank at 11:35 a.m. from Las Vegas. "The guy landed at a normal speed but instead of making a right turn . . . he went off the runway," FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said of the pilot.

The jet rolled off the tarmac at about 11.5 mph - and was stopped only by crushable cement blocks specially designed to keep planes from overrunning their runways. Only the jet's nose gear and rear main landing gear wound up mired in the crumbled blocks, according to Victor Gill, an airport spokesman.
One witness said A-Rod was laughing it off as he got out of the plane with his wife, but "if they hadn't hit that barrier, they would have gone right into a busy street."

 

[Lear60Guy]

The truth is that the aircraft was stopped, the capt. had added power to make the turn and didn't realize it wasn't concrete on the end and rolled into it while making the turn. It was not a bonafide overrun on landing....

 

[jonjuan]

Gulfstream-great balanced field length, sh1tty landing performance.

 

[mzaharis]

Here is an article and some photos

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?...FP&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1124053&size=L

Another A.net picture

 

[G4G5]

It's not a G3 it's a G2B

 

[GVFlyer]

Gulfstream-great balanced field length, sh1tty landing performance.

Landing distance for the G-IIB at Max Gross Landing Weight, SL, ISA is 3,250 feet. What's your point?

GV

 

[landlover]

Landing distance for the G-IIB at Max Gross Landing Weight, SL, ISA is 3,250 feet. What's your point?

GV

he doesn't have one, this airplane was taxiing when this happened, not landing or taking off.

 

[clickclickboom]

Landing distance for the G-IIB at Max Gross Landing Weight, SL, ISA is 3,250 feet. What's your point?

GV

Landlover i think gv flyers point was why was he off the end of the runway in the arresting barrier if he had more than ample runway available for the performance of the GII?

 

[landlover]

Landlover i think gv flyers point was why was he off the end of the runway in the arresting barrier if he had more than ample runway available for the performance of the GII?

I was agreeing with GVflyer but disagreeing with jonjuan.