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Old 21st September 2009 | 10:53
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Evening Star

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Originally Posted by con-pilot
My other complaint is the main landing gear, I wish that were four tires per boogie rather than two, if Boeing had done that, there are a lot more airports that you could operate at that is now prohibited because of the weight foot print, which is about the highest of any airliner, especially the 200A. We had a regular RON in Phoenix and we had to park on metal plates at the FBO or we would sink into ramp.
Or six for that matter, like the infamous Tu-154 copy of the 727 and adapted for use on gravel runways:



Actually, do wonder if some of the trident3a's observations at LHR might be Tu-154M's used by Rossiya as presidential transport.
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