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Old 19th Jul 2015, 08:59
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I recall in the early days doing a TAC landing on the Gallops in snow. The a/c just tramlined and after a few expletives from the captain we did not attempt to stop but got airborne again and went home.
When starting to taxy on icy ground it used to be SOP for the loadmaster to check that the mainwhels were actually turning and not frozen and just being dragged across the ice by the power of the Allison band.
Dropping ULLA on frozen ground was always interesting as it chased the a/c across the DZ hardly seeming to slow at all.
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