What's the pin for?

What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for "the pin" held by the
ground crew after pushback?

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In a previous article, Mxsmanic said:
What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for "the pin" held by the
ground crew after pushback?

It disables the reset button.


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Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Mxsmanic said:

What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for "the pin" held by the
ground crew after pushback?


It disables the reset button.



that's flippin funny.
too bad someone actually responded seriously.

Tim writes:

too bad someone actually responded seriously.

Yes ... why interrupt sophomoric jokes with serious discussions of aviation?

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tim writes:


too bad someone actually responded seriously.


Yes ... why interrupt sophomoric jokes with serious discussions of aviation?


And your straight-faced assertions that you are a pilot (or at least
know more about piloting that real pilots) and have flown Barons and
747s are supposed to be taken seriously? What's the use in giving
straight answers to someone such as yourself. You clearly have disdain
for real flying, real pilots and real airplanes. Your world is all
about make-believe. Why not go back to Dungeouns and Dragons. I hear
flying on a dragon is nice. I know someone with 240 hours on dragons.

Tim writes:

And your straight-faced assertions that you are a pilot (or at least
know more about piloting that real pilots) and have flown Barons and
747s are supposed to be taken seriously?

Even if I made these assertions, how people might take them is irrelevant, as
the purpose of the newsgroup is to discuss aviation, not credentials (or the
lack thereof).

People who are interested in a subject can do their own research and verify
what they've been told. People who are uninterested or simply lazy depend on
credentials, and often end up incorrect as a result.

You clearly have disdain for real flying, real pilots and real airplanes.

No. I'm impatient with stupidity; my people have learned to live without it.
Unfortunately, being a real pilot does not prevent one from being stupid.

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"Tim" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tim writes:


too bad someone actually responded seriously.


Yes ... why interrupt sophomoric jokes with serious discussions of
aviation?


And your straight-faced assertions that you are a pilot (or at least know
more about piloting that real pilots) and have flown Barons and 747s are
supposed to be taken seriously? What's the use in giving straight answers
to someone such as yourself. You clearly have disdain for real flying,
real pilots and real airplanes. Your world is all about make-believe.
Why not go back to Dungeouns and Dragons. I hear flying on a dragon is
nice. I know someone with 240 hours on dragons.


Thanks for the laugh, good stuff.

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DW

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Tim writes:

too bad someone actually responded seriously.

Yes ... why interrupt sophomoric jokes with serious discussions of
aviation?


Certainly nothing you'd ever do.


bertie

Mxsmanic wrote
What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for "the pin" held
by the ground crew after pushback?

They are looking for the Nose Gear Ground Locking Pin to insure
that it has been removed prior to flight. If not, the nose gear
will not retract.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727

Most fighters have three pins...both mains and nose gear. PapaGeorge

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
6.128...
Mxsmanic wrote
What does it mean when the crew of an aircraft look for "the pin" held
by the ground crew after pushback?

They are looking for the Nose Gear Ground Locking Pin to insure
that it has been removed prior to flight. If not, the nose gear
will not retract.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727