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#36
August 24th 05, 02:18 PM
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On 2005-08-23, john smith wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote: Many high wing planes have a method of checking the fuel without a ladder (many provide a small step). The other great thing they provide is the ability to check the fuel sumps without crawling on wet, dirty ground and the ability to tie down without having to crawl on the ground too :-) Spoken like a true trike-driver! :-)) If you're having to crawl on the ground to tie the tail down, you're doing it wrong :-) [for reference, the plane I currently fly the most has a free castoring tailwheel, so take that you steerable tailwheel weenies!] -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" 
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