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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 5:13 pm
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Originally Posted by fjord
The C-17 does an impressive job with pushing back on its own power.
I think the C-5s did it way way back. Supposed to have been designed for use in unsupported airfields w/o support equipment but it as rarely used for such. I saw an old video of one doing such. Not sure if the C-141s could do the same.
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