RL>In a message to Jim Cole  Jim Sanders wrote:
RL> JS> The AT-7, AT-11 and C-45 versions of the Beech 18 made an idiot
RL> JS> of many good pilots on landing... Also the Gooney Bird could do
RL> JS> the same.... The gooney is still flying until parked. :)
RL>I was at an airfield that had a "hasty" runway on one side that the
RL>Army and  similar folks used and a concrete side the Air Force and 
RL>Navy used.  One day I walked over to the other side to 
RL>take movies with my brand new Super 8 camera.  Some Air 
RL>Force pilot was getting an in-country transition to C-47s 
RL>(at least I hope he wasn't a certified pilot).  At any 
RL>rate, I have a few movies of landings where the last part 
RL>is a shot of my feet and the sand as I ran to get behind 
RL>something.  I never before or since have seen anything so 
RL>big so out of control.  Very impressive.
Robert there is a very good reason for this.  At least in the Air Force 
all training is and has been for quite awhile in Tri-Cycle Gear Jets.  
My first experience with this was a young lad that worked for me.  He 
wanted to check out in the Aero Club T-34.  Even that was a step with 
the Prop, Manifold Pressure, Mixture etc.  Shucks he didn't even have to 
worry about the Conventional Gear.  Try checking out F-100 Pilots into 
the DeHavland Beaver.  If you weren't trained that way first and pay 
attention to what you are doing and understand the principle then you're 
gonna lose.
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