C-123 Provider of excess excitement at Geneseo...
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C-123 Provider of excess excitement at Geneseo...
Brown trouser moment, commentator mentions the wind. Always thought the C-123 looked to be a bit of a shopping trolley on the ground...
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It does not appear that the airplane was being "flown" once on the runway, but rather driven. I think that if the nose were being held light after touchdown the mainwheels would have carried more weight, and the airplane less likely to roll on the narrow main landing gear, and wheelbarrow on the nosewheel, which did not need to carry so much weight. Once the left mainwheel became light, braking which might have been being applied would yaw the plane to the right. The fact that the airplane is on the ground does not mean that it does not still need to be flown!
Sounded like he was using reverse, crosswind and one slow to go into reverse perhaps? One of our aircraft had a mating with a Thai 123 that ran off the runway, one failed to go into reverse when landing on a PSP strip still wet with overnight dew.
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Another angle - I blame wake turbulence from the Birddog!
