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The University of Alaska Anchorage is seeking permission to land a big jet at the airfield in Anchorage.
The Anchorage Daily News says the university wants to use a Boeing 727 donated by cargo giant FedEx in its aviation technology program. A university official says it is a one-time request. Once the 100,000-pound jet lands at the airfield it will be towed to a UAA ramp at the city-owned airport.
The Anchorage campus' aviation technology department is based at Merrill Field.
The Anchorage Assembly will have to approve the landing of the big plane at the field with a 12,500-pound landing restriction.FedEx has also agreed to give a second Boeing 727 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. That plane is expected to be delivered on Feb. 28.