"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
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I'm deligthted to see I'm managing to get some arguments and
discussion going. And if you notice, No Profanity?
I challenge my students to learn to taxi without brakes. and I come
down hard if they beat up the airplane with unecessary braking instead
of staying ahead of the airplane. (sometimes even with profanity! Can
you imagine that?)
How about you? If you had to pay for the brakes, tires, and
maintenance, would YOU beat up the airplane?
Ol S&B

Correct tire inflation and maintenance of the nose strut are also part of
the equation. I'm pretty sure that those things are done propertly at your
school; but I doubt they are universal even today.

I hereby confess to having once inflated the main tires on a Cessna 152 to
the recommended nose wheel pressure--and found out why the recommended
pressure was so low!

Peter