Author Topic: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?  (Read 3480 times)

Offline Carro

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A dog that looks like an aircraft?
An aircraft that looks like a dog?
I know this is old but I've been wondering ever since I heard it what they saw and I thought that maybe someone here know or have an idea. I did not hear any pilot mention a dog.



Offline kitsaber691

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Re: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2018, 10:43:11 PM »
"Mad Dog" is slang for an MD-80. Could that be it?

Offline wiedehopf

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Re: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2018, 04:55:07 AM »
i'd say the "dog" part came from ground control misunderstanding "dark" object.

as to what it was ... most likely a balloon or maybe a drone with something around it to make it look like whatever.

it for sure was not an MD-80 lol.

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Re: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2018, 01:46:21 PM »
i'd say the "dog" part came from ground control misunderstanding "dark" object.

as to what it was ... most likely a balloon or maybe a drone with something around it to make it look like whatever.

That makes sense. I was really wondering how they came up with dog from what the BA pilot said. A misunderstanding of dark and dog would do it.

I really hope it was a balloon and not that someone would be so idiotic to fly a drone over the runway.

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Re: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2018, 04:49:39 PM »
they are stupid enough to fly them over canarsie in the VOR13 approach path, so all bets are off.

i don't save it but drone reports at kennedy are sadly enough common i would say.

Offline dawgweed

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Re: 3 dec: Something flying over 22R and/or a dog at JFK. Any ideas?
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2018, 09:06:19 PM »
Sounds like two simultaneous but unrelated events. An object (most likely a drone) flying over 22R and also a dog seen on 21L.