Hey,Thanks Mats..Good to know what went wrong...
Also explains the cockpit crews oblivion to any problems...
As part of a crew doing btx and ltx`s in the old days,our job was on the avionics side..At the same time the mechanics were doing there bit as well..
When a 747 taxi`s in,its the mechanic `s job to put the lock pin into the front olio once it was locked.
The other mechanic in the cockpit cycles the landing gear levers as part of the ltx..(line transit for those who don't know)
This guy cycled the levers and the next moment we all felt the aircraft `s nose starting to dip.He hastily reversed the lever position but she was past the point of return.
One 747 gracefully put her nose onto the tarmac,ripping off doors and loading bay doors as the ground vehicles were all there doing their thing...
Im trying to remember the aircraft ,but it eludes me for now...There are pics of her floating around...
Mike,This was you as a kid????????
French cars are shit and shit expensive to service and bloody awful and unreliable and expensive and friends don't let friends drive french cars and you wait years for parts.