Then there were the "winners" that stole a 172 in the middle of the
night and drove off the end of the runway at 100 knts..

The elevator (s) had been removed for repair...

Dave


On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:55:01 -0400, Andrew Gideon
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:34:37 -0400, Peter R. wrote:

During the preflight walk-around, I also manually move the ailerons and
elevators (ruddervators in the V35) to both get a good view of the
connecting bolts and to confirm movement, which is ultimately confirming
the removal of the gust lock.

Good point; that's yet another.

[On the 172s/182s I fly, I also confirm that moving the elevator moves
the trim tab.]

- Andrew