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Old August 10th 06, 12:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
Scott[_1_]
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Default Get Rid Of Warbirds At Oshkosh

Since it is obvious to the most casual observer, a plane such as a TBM
has such poor forward visibility and such a tough time with ground
manuevering, wouldn't it have been easier to have a guy on a scooter
escort it as a second set of remotely mounted eyes?

Scott


Ron Wanttaja wrote:


Couple with a big radial cowling, the pilot probably doesn't truly get a good
view forward until the longitudinal axis takes a significant offset from the
centerline. With that, you're heading towards the taxiway lights that much
quicker, and you're going to want to turn back early enough so the wheels don't
leave the pavement.

Like Dougdrivr said, it certainly was the pilot's responsibility to clear the
taxiway ahead. But I can sympathize with the problems he faced.

Ron Wanttaja

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Old August 10th 06, 06:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Grumman-581[_1_]
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Default Get Rid Of Warbirds At Oshkosh

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:01:33 +0000, Scott
wrote:
Since it is obvious to the most casual observer, a plane such as a TBM
has such poor forward visibility and such a tough time with ground
manuevering, wouldn't it have been easier to have a guy on a scooter
escort it as a second set of remotely mounted eyes?


That has already been discussed... Look back through the thread for
the last few days...
 




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