This is a query for those with nose draggers. When you are at some far and away medium-size airport and have the local FBO store your bird in a hangar for a few days while you do whatever it is you're doing there, how well do they handle towing the airplane. Are there prevalent disaster stories of tow bars, tugs, and wheel pants? Or do they generally know how to treat our nose gear? Do you insist on watching them like a hawk until it is tucked away in the hangar?
Yeah, we're planning a big adventure, and this is a real concern that came to mind. I almost feel like, once we get there, I tell them not to touch it, "just let me know where you want it", as I whip out my trusty tow bar. Across the tarmac I will go, dragging my airplane in toe...? Do I really have to go to that extreme? Seems kind of undignified on the ramp . Also, do you always take your tow bar with you when going on a long cross country?
The "big adventure" is departing this Thursday, Austin -> Minneapolis, Minnesota (thinking Flying Cloud airport?). We've barely been out of the state in the last year, a very big step for us.
Yeah, we're planning a big adventure, and this is a real concern that came to mind. I almost feel like, once we get there, I tell them not to touch it, "just let me know where you want it", as I whip out my trusty tow bar. Across the tarmac I will go, dragging my airplane in toe...? Do I really have to go to that extreme? Seems kind of undignified on the ramp . Also, do you always take your tow bar with you when going on a long cross country?
The "big adventure" is departing this Thursday, Austin -> Minneapolis, Minnesota (thinking Flying Cloud airport?). We've barely been out of the state in the last year, a very big step for us.