Some shots from the UAA ramp:

"Sign here, please"

I had a flight to Merrill this afternoon and departed McGrath just before 2pm, so I missed it. The videos I saw on youtube after arriving home all show a 727 approaching and disappearing behind snow berms or an apartment complex halfway to Eagle River... Hopefully someone who recorded from a better vantage point will post it on the web somewhere.

Kinda reminds me of a 737 that landed in my home town 30 years ago by mistake. 10PM & 100 people on board. Even made Paul Harvy.http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&ved=0CDUQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1755%26dat%3D19790801%26id%3DUJ8cAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3Do2cEAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6805%2C458565&ei=2y8uUZGTKaGFiAL4goD4Cw&usg=AFQjCNFeyJFOpJCY9uLZsfZctI22W-kyNA

Here is the story of the actual landing of the 727 on the 4,000 foot runway at Merrill yesterday -- also some pictures:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/u ... raws-crowd

Video's from son in ANC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIVR9xPDIc

http://youtu.be/0pPX5jIJOIc

The first one looks more like a go-around than a fly-by as stated in the newspaper.

Reminds me of the short time that "old" Frontier flew 737s into Laramie while I was chairing the airport board there, when they retired the Convair 580s. Somewhere in a box, I have a picture I took of the first landing, while standing on the runway as it was on short final (perk of being the chairman, and obviously pre 9/11).

Cary

Here's a pretty good video of the landing. Great job by the pilots.