Word: nosewheel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ever built. Its tail is high enough (13.7 ft.) and wide enough (20 ft.) to permit cargo trucks to back against the rear of its short fuselage. Jumping paratroopers have no clearance problem. On the ground, the plane can navigate through muck and mud by use of a steerable nosewheel, and it can be fitted out with pontoons for a water landing...