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Old 02-24-2014, 05:27 PM
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Seems the willingness to do such a thing would require at least 3, perhaps more, things:

1. You don't own the hangar, and none of your stuff is in it.
2. You are not responsible for cleaning the hangar (and don't care about the person who is).
3. You don't ever want to be invited back.

I reckon if you do own it, and keep it free of everything but the plane?or are a STOL manufacturer and cleared it out for a super-cool PR demo, it might be different. (Jon, just saw your post above, and it sounds like that's the case?no dis intended)

We taxied 22 RVs into a hangar (in formation) at Nellis AFB in 2010 during Aviation Nation?now that was different! But we had USAF taxi directors?and it was a very big hangar (with doors on both sides)! We did not taxi out of it though!

Normal ops though, I won't even turn my tail at someone's hangar (or mine) with the engine running?even with the door closed. Just a courtesy thing!

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No prob Bob.. I own hanger and all. and my cousin keeps it clean, he is in middle school and pay him alittle bit everyweek to keep it sweep/vaccum. you know job security for him lol. I have never had a problem doing it and don't plan to stop.
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Old 02-24-2014, 06:31 PM
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My hangar is 60 wide and 70 deep. You could taxi 2 RV's in fingertip formation with room to spare, and one airplane is lost in the middle. Taxi into my hangar is no problem at all.
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Old 02-24-2014, 06:57 PM
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Running an airplane inside a hangar is strictly prohibited by the lease agreement at our airport .... it's called out explicitly.
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Old 02-24-2014, 07:20 PM
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At a nearby airport, I've witnessed a pilot taxi his P210 out of his hangar. We were in the hangar across the way, not far at all. I moved to the rear of my friends hangar to take cover. The cyclone he created in his hangar was impressive to say the least. In the chaos, a large blue tarp, a rope, dirt, and other hangar items were flying about. As he pulled out, he cleared the apron and remotely closed the door. I looked at my fellow pilots and thought it was the craziest thing I'd ever seen.
Now you may ask where this is leading? Well a half year later, I'm speaking with my friends and they tell me how the P210 driver was taking a flight review with a local instructor. Starting up in the hangar as he normally did, he pulled out with one small problem. As he pulled forward, he adjusted his seating. It seems the remote in his pocket activated at an inopportune time. The activated 50 foot hangar door came down on his wing. Not good for any plane.

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Old 02-24-2014, 07:25 PM
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We had an 8 plane T-hangar at our airport (before the tornado got it), with the typical rather open construction. We had walls between the planes, but no ceilings. The gravel floor and grass runway were a constant source of dust and dirt.

Then one day, the Champ owner in the T next to my nice shiny Rocket decided to fire up and taxi out. I told him politely, but firmly, that taxiing out of a dusty, open ceiling building wasn't going to cut it with the other 7 shiny, clean aircraft owners. He just looked at me like I had 2 heads.

After the tornado took out the hangars, guess who didn't get invited back to the new, clean concrete floors, super nice, replacement hangars? I don't know where Mr. Inconsiderate took the wreckage of his Champ, nor do I care.

'nuf said.
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Old 02-24-2014, 07:30 PM
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Seems like pulling out under power could lead to some nasty accidents! A car driving by or a person running by could make for an unfortunate run in.
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Old 02-24-2014, 09:32 PM
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When I was flying in the Arctic we always taxied the planes into the hanger and started up in the hanger and backed out. (Twin otters).
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Old 02-24-2014, 09:47 PM
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Different places call for different activities... sometimes different isn't better.

While working in rotary wing aviation in Africa, one of our Hughes 500 pilots was late coming back to base, arriving in the middle of a downpour that was so hard that a haze of water droplets from 'splashback' made anything below about 18 inches above the ground invisible. No way was this guy going to get out of his helicopter in the rain... so he hover taxis into the hangar. No big deal.

His plan was working well, except he forgot about the chain hoist dangling from the rafters. There were some interesting shrapnel holes made in the hangar as all five main rotor blades disintegrated.

We never saw that pilot again...
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Old 02-24-2014, 09:48 PM
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Running an airplane inside a hangar is strictly prohibited by the lease agreement at our airport .... it's called out explicitly.
When you own the hangar AND the airport, you get to make the rules.

Note to self-

Always own the hangar and the airport!
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Old 02-25-2014, 12:13 AM
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When you own the hangar AND the airport, you get to make the rules.

Note to self-

Always own the hangar and the airport!
Thats what I did
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