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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 8:16 pm
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Originally Posted by YYCOllie
I've only seen it (ie been on a plane) on MD-80s at DFW and DC9s at MSP/DTW
Yep, recent experiences:

DFW - AAMD80 (not very often)
MEM - NWDC9 (more often than not)
MSP - NWDC9 (sometimes)
DTW - NWDC9 (sometimes)

Read somewere ( I think on airliners.net ) what determines the need for this as opposed to a tug
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