Sometimes you can back the airplane under its own power,
just like the airliners do. The King Air backs up nicely.
But since you have to trust that nobody parked a car behind
you after your walk-around, I don't do that unless I'm on a
taxiway or run-up pad and need to change heading, such as
when swinging a compass.



"B A R R Y" wrote in
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| On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:15:20 +0200, Mxsmanic

| wrote:
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| B A R R Y writes:
|
| Small aircraft are typically parked nose out, or with
room to get out.
| You start it up and move out.
|
| OK. How do you park it, in that case?
|
| You either rotate on one brake into a spot, or push it
back into the
| space with a towbar.
|
| Are small aircraft easy to pull or push by hand (as
compared to a
| car)?
|
| Yes. They're often like pushing a light car that's out of
gear.