On Dec 28, 12:23*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Phil wrote :

I know they call it the Windy City, but this is ridiculous...

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Happens all the time. The fins are huge and some airplanes weathervane
easily.
It happened to one of our airplanes (727) years ago unbeknowst to the crew..
The FE did the walkaround and noticed that the Radome had two nostrils.
Further investigations revealed that the airplane had turned around in high
winds and had ridden up on top of the GPU. The handling agent needed their
GPU for another airplane, but found a 727 inconvieniently parked on top of
it, so they lifted the nose of the airplane with a forklift in order to get
it out. They went right through the radome and into the forward pressure
bulkhead.
I've had two airplanes weathervane on me, though, both undamaged.

Bertie

Interesting. I've never heard of this before. When it weathervanes,
how does that work? Does it pivot around the mains and drag the
nosewheel?

Phil