Mark S. Daniels Ramp and Action
Shots
Racing for pink
slips? -- Not exactly...
A Douglas DC-4
tanker departs Stead enroute to a brush fire
while Ed Schmidt's turbo-charged Questaire
Venture taxis in after a training flight on the
Sport Class course. Note the height above ground
and the position of the landing gear on the
tanker... These guys are on the ragged edge..
hot, high and heavy, they suck the gear up and
claw for altitude on each flight. Word we got
was, Co-Pilot has hand on load toggle... if an
engine hick-ups... dump the mess on the runway!
Photo:
copyright © 2000 Mark S. Daniels
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