On Feb 29, 5:23 am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
"Edward A. Falk" wrote in ...

That's why I was taught to push down on the spine.

And why I was taught to always use the towbar. I haven't seen anyone push
down on a Cessna's tail in decades.

Vaughn

And that's why Cessna has installed retractable pull-out handlebars in
the sides of the fuselage, just in front of the tail, on some later
model 182's. I don't know if this was standard or an option, but my
neighbor's 1978 C182 has them and they're quite handy for turning the
plane around in a tight area. It does take both of us to push down on
the handlebars enough to raise the nosewheel off the ground since the
182 is such a noseheavy beast. Too bad they didn't have these
handlebars as standard equipment on all 172's and 182s from the
beginning.