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DispatchDragon
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Ahem - well all the Loadies amongst know why and have dreaded doing exactly that - didnt leave a couple of huts forward did they -- BTW
once upon a time I put a Houchin airstart over the rear sill of a CL44
we used the cleats on the nose and you could still put a 2 x 4 under the nosewheels :roll: :redface:
Leif
once upon a time I put a Houchin airstart over the rear sill of a CL44
we used the cleats on the nose and you could still put a 2 x 4 under the nosewheels :roll: :redface:
Leif
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And that is why you always put the rear airstairs on a 727 down and lock them during loading and unloading....
We almost had a Ryan International 727 (flying for KittyHawk Air Cargo) go on its tail because some loadie didn't ensure that the rear airstairs were locked in the down position. Thankfully they had both the stairs and a tail stand so the stand caught the plane and (being the fueler and not held down necessarily) when I saw the plane shift, I hurried over and locked the stairs down which put the airplane back into a proper position for the rest of the unloading. It also helped that that day I was fueling the center tank by itself due to a request from the mechanics to put extra fuel in the center so they could perform some maintenance tests later that morning. I had nearly 15,000 pounds of fuel in the center tank which according the the mechanics probably kept enough weight off the tail stand to keep it from buckling until we got the tail stairs properly secured.
We almost had a Ryan International 727 (flying for KittyHawk Air Cargo) go on its tail because some loadie didn't ensure that the rear airstairs were locked in the down position. Thankfully they had both the stairs and a tail stand so the stand caught the plane and (being the fueler and not held down necessarily) when I saw the plane shift, I hurried over and locked the stairs down which put the airplane back into a proper position for the rest of the unloading. It also helped that that day I was fueling the center tank by itself due to a request from the mechanics to put extra fuel in the center so they could perform some maintenance tests later that morning. I had nearly 15,000 pounds of fuel in the center tank which according the the mechanics probably kept enough weight off the tail stand to keep it from buckling until we got the tail stairs properly secured.
