Wow - heard on the air... (long)

Tom Young wrote:
I read somewhere recently (can't remember where now -- magazine article?)
that braking once off the ground with the wheels spinning can make the tires
slip around and possibly shear off the valve stems. Maybe that's an aviation
urban legend, but it seems like it would be an unpleasant little surprise
upon landing. I'd be curious to know if that's actually happened to anyone.


I can't remember ever stepping on the brakes after liftoff in anything other
than a retractible... and that's only if I remembered. As for your old wive's
tale about dire consequences, it's so much crap. Somebody was trying to scare
you.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE