Word: nosewheel
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...Jordan, Beirut Bureau Chief John Mecklin found himself circling over Amman in a plane piloted by King Hussein (see COVER) and preparing for a crash landing. With the nosewheel jammed, the young King flew round and round for 20 minutes, fiddling with the controls before he made a rough landing...
...months ago, 144 put in at a Florida base for repairs. Another C-54 rolled up beside her, needing a new landing-gear nosewheel. Repairmen looted 144. Their idea was that a new parts shipment could re-equip 144 later...
This day all three tires of the new-fangled tricycle, or nosewheel, landing gear were firm.† DC-4 glistened in the sun, its four 1.400 horsepower motors thumping idly. In climbed Pilot Carl Cover. The great ship surged forward, took off in less than twelve seconds. On the ground, Douglas craftsmen threw their hats in the air, slapped each other on the back. In the air DC-4 stayed for an hour and a half, then landed gently where it had started...