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Old 06-08-2011, 02:21 PM
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Default Flank Turn to Parking....pet peave time....

We all have done it, we all see it done,... but do we really need to turn our 150++ Hp fans into other parked airplanes?

At our local EAA montly bkfst, here comes the 200HP RV, nice person, good guy, fellow RV'r... get's a bit stuck in the grass as he makes his flank turn and proceeds to blow the you know what out of the guys beside and behind him.

I have seen even worse examples recently on a dusty, rock strewn ramp.

I like to think we RVr's have better SA, are more responsible, and simply better pilots than the bulk of the GA spam can drivers that seem to have been trained this way.

RV's are light, easy to move, and even on grass you can usually get a man or two to help you push it back if you need to.

Who knows, if we all practice responsible parking of our machines maybe some of the others will follow our lead.

Ok, done with my peeve.
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Old 06-08-2011, 03:00 PM
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I prefer the stop the engine, roll and turn method. Works well and doesn't blow junk in my hangar even if the hangar door is open.
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Old 06-08-2011, 03:01 PM
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Default Jon, I'll see your peave and raise you....

My hangar neighbor spun his plane around so that he could push his plane into his hangar. With my hangar door open to receive all the dust between the hangar.

Grrrrr..

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Old 06-08-2011, 03:18 PM
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Default Agreed

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I prefer the stop the engine, roll and turn method. Works well and doesn't blow junk in my hangar even if the hangar door is open.
...but it is hard to do an orderly shut down and keep your eyes out of the airplane.
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Old 06-08-2011, 03:31 PM
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That is a huge pet peeve of mine as well since I'm on a grass strip. When people do that in front of my hangar, I walk out to greet them with a large broom (as they wonder what for)....they usually don't do it a 2nd time!

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Old 06-08-2011, 05:19 PM
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Add to the "PP" list are those who start while still parked in their tie-down spot blowing the %@!* out of those tied down behind him.
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Old 06-08-2011, 05:44 PM
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Default Amen to this thread

Rude and situationally unaware is all you can say about someone that points his tail into an open hangar or at planes or folks. Stein, you definitely have the right idea. I did the same not long ago and politely let the offender know that I had just finished cleaning out my hangar and would like to see it the way it was before he taxied up.. He swept

If they have that bad a case of cranial rectitus I really don't even want them flying around me.

Call me unbending in this, but it's just plain rude..
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Old 06-08-2011, 05:54 PM
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Default Not just Rvs

Most of my power flying time is behind a raucous 90 HP Continental. Even with that little engine I think it's rude to ever blast another aircraft behind me. If the plane weighs less than 2000 lbs, it's no problem to just push it into position in crowded areas.

I'm not a smart cookie - I learned this lesson by making a mess of my own hangar. Lucky me!

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Old 06-08-2011, 07:07 PM
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Default Grass Catcher

Still pulling bits of grass out of my 7A interior from an 8 pilot that needed to park right next to me at a grass strip with my tip-up opened and me sitting in the airplane. I guess I wasn't expecting that behavior after seeing the group do a nice overhead break to land or I would have quickly closed the canopy sooner.
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Old 06-08-2011, 07:10 PM
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Yep, it is a matter of bafflement to me. And no, shutting down the engine is a matter of pulling one knob out; not complicated at all.
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