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Old 17th Feb 2017, 00:52
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First_Principal
 
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Tailweel lock in the best twin of all time...

I see a couple mentioning the DC-3/C-47 here.

I'm only a low-hour person on these but for those that have never had the privilege it's probably worth mentioning that they do have a tailwheel lock. It was part of our checklist to ensure this was in or out at appropriate times!

Perhaps this was one reason for us always using three-pointing the machine. It wasn't necessarily mandated but we all understood it wasn't to be wheeled on, although one of the very experienced guys did do that (very nicely too :-).

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