Most fighters and bombers also have arming safety pins too.



"PapaGeorge" wrote in message
nk.net...
| Most fighters have three pins...both mains and nose gear.
PapaGeorge
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| "Bob Moore" wrote in message
| 6.128...
| Mxsmanic wrote
| What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for
"the pin" held
| by the ground crew after pushback?
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| They are looking for the Nose Gear Ground Locking Pin to
insure
| that it has been removed prior to flight. If not, the
nose gear
| will not retract.
|
| Bob Moore
| ATP B-707 B-727
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