Back in the early 1950's Ansett and TAA had DC3's. At Townsville the main runway was 02 /20 which in those days ran close to the RAAF control tower and the hangars of the Lincoln squadron. Later, that runway became a taxi way and a new runway to the west of the old runway came into being.
TAA had a crazy SOP of three point landings (the chief pilot was ex wartime RAAF). Ansett did tail high wheelers. Whenever TAA were coming in the RAAF tower controller would alert the airmen working on the tarmac who would down tools to watch the TAA DC3 try for a three pointer. Invariably the landing would result in a series of tyre screeching swerves because the DC3 was not the sort of aircraft you three point unless you were quick on your feet. The troops on the tarmac would cheer at each swerve.
. The Ansett pilots would grease the tail high wheeler time and again with no drama while the troops hardly bothered looking. Eventually there must have been a new chief pilot because TAA changed to tail high wheelers to emulate Ansett and no one bothered watching anymore. This is not an old wives tale. I was there and watched the daily drama. I knew from experience the folly of trying to do three point landings in RAAF Dakotas unless you had ballast in the tail compartment.