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Key Takeaways:

  • During a final approach to Mansfield Lama Airport, air traffic control inquired if a Beech 18 aircraft had its nose wheel extended.
  • The pilot, after some surprise and amusement, informed the tower that their Beech 18 model does not possess a nose wheel.
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On final approach to Runway 23 in a D-18 Beech at Mansfield Lama Airport, Ohio, we received this inquiry from the control tower:

Tower: Beech XXXXX please confirm nose wheel extension?

Beech 18: After looking at each other in surprise and much laughing, we responded:“Mansfield Tower, N8504, we don’t have one!”


Sue Packer

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