"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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| "BT" wrote:
| "Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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| So far all I've ever flown is a Schweizer SGS 2-33. Not only can't
| I turn it with the brake, I can't reach the brake during taxi
| anyway since I'm outside the cockpit during those times. ;-)
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| You've never landed and then "taxied to parking"?
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| Sure - but have yet to sit in the aircraft during "taxi to parking"
| because the 2-33 is a monowheel glider. (Caveats on the monowheel.
| It has small wheels near the wingtips and a small tailwheel.)
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| he meant rolling it to the tiedown after touchdown..
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| Ah - I misunderstood - no. See, there is this shallow drainage ditch
| in the grass between the tie down area and the landing field that
| would make for some nasty pranging at anything above walking speed.
| Plus the tow plane is typically too close to the tie down area to do
| that safely.
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| Yeah, it's not something you can do just anywhere!
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| Bertie