757 lands on EWR taxiway by mistake

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Jay, I've basically only seen the Dubai Airport, and clearly remember
that the taxiways are about a third or a quarter of the runway width.
Unless the airport you mention was quite different, it strikes me as
quite improbable that a strip of asphalt as slender as a taxiway can be
mistaken for a runway. Again of course, in VMC, I suppose all bets are
off, but in VFR??

It all comes down to what you are used to. I did alot of my training
at a field with a 40ft wide runway. Compared to that, a 50ft taxi
way is really wide. My exwife learned at the same field, and going
into one of the other local small fields with her instructor, lined
up on the narrow crumbling taxiway, completely not noticing the
75ft wide freshly paved runway right next to it. She was expecting
narrow old pavement, not fresh blacktop. Her instructor pointed
out her error before the landed.

Taxiway Alpha at Livermore (LVK) is just north of 25R is nearly
as wide as 25L. It even has 'TAXI' painted on it in big letters
to remind pilots not to land there.

Google Maps satellite view of LVK (watch the wrap):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...k&om=1&iwloc=A

Tinyurl of the above link: http://tinyurl.com/yyqwqq

Real fun is landing at Harris Ranch (3O8). The runway is only 30ft
wide. The wingspan of a Piper Cherokee is 35ft.

John
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