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Old 16th Aug 2010, 12:43
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Geezers of Nazareth
 
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I seem to recall an Aeroflot IL-62 reversing off stand at Heathrow once, and various C-130s and a C-17 demonstrating reverse gear at airshows. The C-17 was at Farnborough and did dab the brakes a bit forcefully - yep, nosewheel lifted off!
... but that's it's show-piece! Every C-17 that I seen doing a show-routine always includes that. Somewhere I've got a photo of it with the nosewheel off the ground.

Although not a jet, I'm sure Loganair at one point did powerbacks with the Twin Otter.
Relatively easy and straight-forward ('straight-backwards!') on a prop aircraft. I can remember seeing Vanguards (and Merchantmen) doing at Heathrow in the early 70s.
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