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For The Third Time In Less Than 2 Years A U.S. Air Force C-5M Galaxy Conducts Nose Gear Up Landing

February 1, 2019 David Cenciotti

Another issue for the C-5’s troublesome landing gear. On Jan. 31, 2019, around 19.45LT, a C-5M Super Galaxy cargo aircraft conducted a nose gear up landing at Travis Air Force Base in California. The aircraft […]

Push back from the tractor operator's point of view

May 29, 2009 David Cenciotti

A few weeks ago, Des Barker sent me the following interesting pictures showing the impact of a civilian plane with a tractor. The text of the email explained that on Jan 1, 2009, “after pushback […]