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Miloch (Miloch_member@newsguy.com) 2017/07/31 07:47

In article <q6ktnctcd1hk05ocgrnn2e9pugm80cbotk@4ax.com>, not my real pseudonym
says...
>
>On 30 Jul 2017 20:58:15 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <gn4tncl6r81u86j0tstadrisplaa3qi5hu@4ax.com>, joet5 says...
>>>
>>>
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>>Are the three guys in front of the front tires pulling it or pushing it?...hard
>>to tell from this angle.
>
>I would think this is a roll-out photo, but why the elevated ramp for
>the nose gear?

http://www.air-and-space.com/Douglas%20C-74.htm

"Rollout of the first C-74 Globemaster, 42-65402 at Long Beach, California. A
ramp was constructed to raise the nosewheel and lower the tail so that the tail
would clear the hangar door."


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