A question from a lurker

Richard;
No offense meant here, but you might want to research this matter just a bit
more before reaching any final conclusions about elitists on these groups.
There might be a few here and there, but this really isn't the problem
concerning this specific issue.
Dudley Henriques

"Richard" wrote in message
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I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are.

Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for
your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that
elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members
of the community when facing the current FAA proposals.

The pilots I have met in New Zealand are respectful and always willing to
answer even stupid questions.

I was introduced to flight sim in 1998 by an airline pilot who had an
elaborate setup that he said improved his skills. I lost interest after a
year or so but he maintains an expensive, powerful system. Flight Sim is
not an evil threat to real aviation and may promote an empathy for real
aviation issues.

I am often interested in the answers to the questions of Mxsmaniac but the
elitists here would rather deride. There are probably other non-fliers
lurking who are too scared to ask for fear of getting the Mxsmaniac
treatment. Yes, I know he has offended some.

Do pilots follow the white lines on taxi-ways or swing wide as
truck/trailer drivers must do? Are they just a night aid?

Richard

Hi Richard,
Usually pilots keep the nosewheel on the centerline, unless there is
reason not to. Some of the posters here brought up good reasons not to
stay on center. One thing that I don't think has been mentioned is
that sometimes ATC makes the decision for you . An example would be
when two aircraft are comeing toward eachother on the same taxiway.
The dialog often goes something like this:

"Cessna 123, Somewhere Ground Control, remain to the right side of
taxiway A , watch for the Caravan approaching you"
"Cessna 123, staying to the right."

The wording can vary quite a bit, to include moving for vehicles,
equipment, new taxi clearances, etc. I also realize, obviously, (and
as mentioned by other posters) that even if ATC isn't involved or on
the field airplanes tend to steer around one another and go off the
taxi centerline

Nice meeting you Richard. We aren't all bad mannered pilots here,
please post and hopefully you will get the answers you need. Don't let
the few turds around here keep you away- I don't post much, but there
are some really great people in this group.

Jamie

"Richard" wrote in
:

I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are.

Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you
for your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps
that elitist behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot
members of the community when facing the current FAA proposals.

The pilots I have met in New Zealand are respectful and always willing
to answer even stupid questions.

I was introduced to flight sim in 1998 by an airline pilot who had an
elaborate setup that he said improved his skills. I lost interest
after a year or so but he maintains an expensive, powerful system.
Flight Sim is not an evil threat to real aviation and may promote an
empathy for real aviation issues.

I am often interested in the answers to the questions of Mxsmaniac but
the elitists here would rather deride. There are probably other
non-fliers lurking who are too scared to ask for fear of getting the
Mxsmaniac treatment. Yes, I know he has offended some.

Do pilots follow the white lines on taxi-ways or swing wide as
truck/trailer drivers must do? Are they just a night aid?

Richard


Oow Sock puppet time!

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Jim Stewart writes:

Most of the pilots here don't deride Mx because
he isn't, they deride him because he behaves like
a horse's ass. Pilot after pilot has offered him
sensible advice and he has turned it around into
a continual debate about things he knows nothing
or little about. He argues with the logic of a
6 year old and has about as much sense.

There's an art to asking questions. I've asked
several over at pprune, a forum for professional
airline pilots, and I've always got respectful
and informative answers. When Mx learns to ask
and followup the the same way, perhaps the people
here would be willing to answer his questions
seriously.

Another thing that grates on real pilots is that
Mx gives advise regarding flying real planes. He
has no experience, training or qualifications to
do that. It's the opinion of some of the pilots
here that this is a dangerous practice.

Your reply talks only about Mxsmanic, but you never answered the
question
about centerlines. I think that says a lot.


Bwawhahwhahwhahhwhahwhahwhahwhahhwhahwhahwhhahw!

About you, fjukktard


bertie

"K Baum" wrote in message
ups.com...
big snip
Feel free to talk to your airline buddy if you have any further
questions because you probably wont get much help here. I will go back
to lurking. Good luck.


Thanks for your reply. The airline pilot was a friend of a friend. He lost
his job during an airline failure a year ago and went overseas to work. We
have lost track of him.The question was not something I had thought of until
I saw it here.

"Richard" wrote in message
...
I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are.

Well that was painless. Thank you all for your replies. I will return to
lurking.

It depends on the aircraft size, location and turning radius
of the main wheels and the nose wheel. Often on a large
aircraft the nose wheel must be taken beyond the beginning
of a turn in order that the inside main wheel does not drop
off the pavement.
On an aircraft such as a 747, the nose wheel is well behind
the pilot so judging these turns id the harder part of
learning to fly such outsized aircraft. In the air, they
all handle very much the same.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Richard" wrote in message
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|I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those
you are.
|
| Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and
I thank you for
| your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group.
Perhaps that elitist
| behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot
members of the
| community when facing the current FAA proposals.
|
| The pilots I have met in New Zealand are respectful and
always willing to
| answer even stupid questions.
|
| I was introduced to flight sim in 1998 by an airline pilot
who had an
| elaborate setup that he said improved his skills. I lost
interest after a
| year or so but he maintains an expensive, powerful system.
Flight Sim is not
| an evil threat to real aviation and may promote an empathy
for real aviation
| issues.
|
| I am often interested in the answers to the questions of
Mxsmaniac but the
| elitists here would rather deride. There are probably
other non-fliers
| lurking who are too scared to ask for fear of getting the
Mxsmaniac
| treatment. Yes, I know he has offended some.
|
| Do pilots follow the white lines on taxi-ways or swing
wide as truck/trailer
| drivers must do? Are they just a night aid?
|
| Richard
|
|
|

Richard wrote:
I am not a pilot but have the greatest respect for those you are.

Most here wish to share their pleasure with non-pilots and I thank you for
your posts. But some wish to maintain an elitist group. Perhaps that elitist
behaviour reduces the support you may have from non-pilot members of the
community when facing the current FAA proposals.

The pilots I have met in New Zealand are respectful and always willing to
answer even stupid questions.

I was introduced to flight sim in 1998 by an airline pilot who had an
elaborate setup that he said improved his skills. I lost interest after a
year or so but he maintains an expensive, powerful system. Flight Sim is not
an evil threat to real aviation and may promote an empathy for real aviation
issues.

I am often interested in the answers to the questions of Mxsmaniac but the
elitists here would rather deride. There are probably other non-fliers
lurking who are too scared to ask for fear of getting the Mxsmaniac
treatment. Yes, I know he has offended some.

Do pilots follow the white lines on taxi-ways or swing wide as truck/trailer
drivers must do? Are they just a night aid?

The yellow line is positioned so that even the largest aircraft
for the taxiway are safe if the nosewheel runs on the line.

My instructor told to keep the yellow line under my right
knee (when sitting in the left seat). This rule works for
smallest Cessnas to at least middle-size airliners. For
the largest airliners the crew has to take into account
that they are sitting several meters forward of the nosewheel.

--

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

Richard,

I am often interested in the answers to the questions of Mxsmaniac but the
elitists here would rather deride. There are probably other non-fliers
lurking who are too scared to ask for fear of getting the Mxsmaniac
treatment. Yes, I know he has offended some.


Well, if they are, they haven't really been paying attention. The MX problem
has nothing to do with elitism. And everything with offending people, as you
say yourself. Why should someone that offensive and non-social expect to get
any help from a group of people? If you look at the early MX threads, you can
see how he was welcomed with open arms and great answers. Look what he has
turned that into. Elitism? Bah, humbug!

Anyone interested in flying is very welcome here, as can be witnessed by
countless threads over the years. Anyone being as narcistic, egoistic and
plain nuts as MX will experience the social forces of any group of humans.
The full forces...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Richard,

Well that was painless. Thank you all for your replies. I will return to
lurking.


Hopefully you have also taken away that answers are real easy to come by
here for non-pilots - and that there's nothing elitist in this group. It's
all about this one misbehaving person.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)