says:
"One thing the classic 200F's can do the MD can't; We brought to Goteborg a couple years back a sailboat mast that was 170 feet long, in addtion to a lot of pallets...The nose load door IS a plus.... No other civil Western birds are capable of that...."
Ever heard how such a long "tube" was loaded aboard the stretch DC-8 (187') in earlier days? The center windshield was removed and the tube was inserted through the cockpit.
