US 1942-065402 C-74 1945 LongBeach WGVogelColl.jpg

[joet5[_2_]]

[Miloch]

In article >, joet5 says...
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Are the three guys in front of the front tires pulling it or pushing it?...hard
to tell from this angle.




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[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On 30 Jul 2017 20:58:15 -0700, Miloch >
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>In article >, joet5 says...
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>Are the three guys in front of the front tires pulling it or pushing it?...hard
>to tell from this angle.

I would think this is a roll-out photo, but why the elevated ramp for
the nose gear?

[Miloch]

In article >, not my real pseudonym
says...
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>On 30 Jul 2017 20:58:15 -0700, Miloch >
>wrote:
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>>In article >, joet5 says...
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>>Are the three guys in front of the front tires pulling it or pushing it?...hard
>>to tell from this angle.
>
>I would think this is a roll-out photo, but why the elevated ramp for
>the nose gear?

http://www.air-and-space.com/Douglas%20C-74.htm

"Rollout of the first C-74 Globemaster, 42-65402 at Long Beach, California. A
ramp was constructed to raise the nosewheel and lower the tail so that the tail
would clear the hangar door."