Sorry,, no brakes on front landing gear.. ever..
Have no idea what the smoke is from..
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Anybody know the details here?
Supposedly the tug driver started towing without telling the crew to
disengage the brakes first.
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:38:53 -0700 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry,, no brakes on front landing gear.. ever..
I think he was referring to the main gear brakes being locked. Thus, when
the tug pulled the front gear, it came along, but the rest of the plane
stayed behind.
Have no idea
In the picture I think I see what looks like tire smoke just aft of the
front wheel truck.
I don't see any coming off the mains.. and I've never seen a tug or tow bar
strong enough to drag a loaded jet with the brakes locked.. so what am I
looking for ?
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Craig
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:49:24 -0700 G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote:
In the picture I think I see what looks like tire smoke just aft of the
front wheel truck.
No, that's the blue of the sky reflecting off spilled hydraulic fluid.
I don't see any coming off the mains.. and I've never seen a
Well it sure ain't a Navy airplane! The carrier steam catapult attaches to
the nose gear and accelerates the whole aircraft at up to 6Gs longitudinal.
It can be pretty disorienting the first time. Passenger configurations
are even more interesting because the PAX seats face aft such that the
It's a DC-9, old one.
Peter
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