Who has priority on a taxiway?

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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stuck-wing have the right-of-way over the helicopter just about everywhere.

Whoa guy! Right-of Way is assigned in 91.113, and there is nothing there
that gives airplanes right-of-way over helicopters. (Yes, I know about 91.126
(2), but that is more of a general thing.)

Also, as a glider pilot, I have learned that one lives longer if you do not
expect to automatically receive the right-of-way just because the regs say it
should be yours.

Vaughn

On Nov 29, 4:02 pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:

Also, as a glider pilot, I have learned that one lives longer if you do not
expect to automatically receive the right-of-way just because the regs say it
should be yours.

I'm not sure that is what this thread is about. I don't think the OP's
objective was to ram the helo if it was determined the OP was in the
right-of-way. I thiink he was interested in what guidance the FARs or
even AIM may provide.

-Robert

Vaughn Simon wrote:

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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stuck-wing have the right-of-way over the helicopter just about everywhere.

Whoa guy! Right-of Way is assigned in 91.113, and there is nothing there
that gives airplanes right-of-way over helicopters. (Yes, I know about 91.126
(2), but that is more of a general thing.)

Also, as a glider pilot, I have learned that one lives longer if you do not
expect to automatically receive the right-of-way just because the regs say it
should be yours.

There is a classic cartoon that shows two guys in a dinky sailboat
with an aircraft carrier bearing down on them.

One guy says to the other: Don't worry about it. We have the right-of-way.


--
Jim Pennino

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Whoa guy! Right-of Way is assigned in 91.113, and there is nothing there
that gives airplanes right-of-way over helicopters.

2) A glider has the right-of-way over an airship, powered parachute,
weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, or rotorcraft.
(3) An airship has the right-of-way over a powered parachute,
weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, or rotorcraft.

Doesn't the ordering here imply it (at the least)?

Does anyone disagree that the general idea here is the less
maneuverability options an aircraft has, the more right of way it has?

Maybe it's not fair for gyrocopters, but helicopters can go up, down,
sideways, and backwards -- or hover. They got more options than
everybody else.

Speaking of helicopters, on my checkride one kept popping up and down
next to the runway I was using for all the landing assessments. There
was lots of corn growing, so when he was on the ground you couldn't
see him. I took off on a x-wind takeoff and he suddenly popped up at
the far end, where I was heading. He hovered there practicing not
drifting onto my runway. It was a little disconcerting because from
1500 feet away he looked awful close to my centerline.

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2) A glider has the right-of-way over an airship, powered parachute,
weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, or rotorcraft.
(3) An airship has the right-of-way over a powered parachute,
weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, or rotorcraft.

Doesn't the ordering here imply it (at the least)?

Only in the specific case where those words apply. That is
for the case of "converging other than head on".

So if you are overtaking, converging head-on, or if one aircraft
is landing, or in distress, then the class priority DOES NOT APPLY.