I can only echo ChristiaanJ, we all are quite humbled to be able to share our experiences with you guys. Please keep on posting everybody. (There's no such thing as a stupid question here, but as to some of my answers.....
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And Stlton.. our thanks all go out to YOU, for starting this thread in the first place.
TURIN
Glad to hear that you enjoyed your 'Rocket' time in TBB. As far as plugging the leaks, well things did improve quite a bit. but a fully laden aircraft could sometimes still be a little 'wet' on the ramp.
CRON
The nose leg had to retract forward, purely because the fuselage section of fuel tank 9 was immediately behind. (The nose wheel also had a single steel disk brake, based on an automotive design. (I'm 90% sure it was a Ford Cortina)
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