tow bar attached to the nose..

Submitted by Anonymous on

Forums: 

From: Steve Colwell <mcmess1919 [at] yahoo.com>
Sender: <marv [at] lancaironline.net>
Subject: tow bar attached to the nose..
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:22:25 -0500
To: <lml [at] lancaironline.net>

Angier,

 

My favorite Tow Bar story came from working the First Flagman Position at a Golden West EAA Regional Fly-In.   A 172 landed, turned off the active with the Tow Bar attached and bumping along the taxiway, (apparently it rested on the nose wheel fairing in flight).  I signaled him to stop and after multiple cut engine signals with me blocking him he finally shut down, then he got out ready to do battle.  When he saw the Tow Bar, astonished would not quite be the word.  His wife was with him. 

 

Steve Colwell

tow bar attached to the nose..

Submitted by Anonymous on

From: Paul Miller <pjdmiller [at] gmail.com>
Sender: <marv [at] lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] tow bar attached to the nose..
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:35:30 -0500
To: <lml [at] lancaironline.net>
Message Header


Undecoded Message

I follow Fred's note to leave the hand on gear selector until three green.  It comes from my experience in a twin, I raised the gear and did not check the lights--the pump kept running and melted the safety tube thereby draining the entire hydraulic pack and requiring a return to base with emergency extension.   Had I kept my hand on the selector (both raising and lowering) until confirming correct signals, I could have pulled the breaker and saved the system.



The tow bar never stays on the plane--ever.  Twice burned with that one.



The canopy gets tested with a hard push up before entering the runway--lesson learned from LML.  It is now habit.



I check the gear selector is position down before climbing into the cockpit.  From experience.



I use red ribbons on anything left unfinished so I don't forget before the next flight.  from experience.

tow bar attached to the nose..

Submitted by Anonymous on

From: <vtailjeff [at] aol.com>
Sender: <marv [at] lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: tow bar attached to the nose..
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:12:26 -0500
To: <lml [at] lancaironline.net>
Message Header


Undecoded Message

“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.”  C.S. Lewis

 
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Vernon Sanders Law

Jeff
-----Original Message-----

From: Paul Miller <pjdmiller [at] gmail.com>

To: lml <lml [at] lancaironline.net>

Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 8:35 am

Subject: [LML] Re: tow bar attached to the nose..


I follow Fred's note to leave the hand on gear selector until three green.  It 
comes from my experience in a twin, I raised the gear and did not check the 
lights--the pump kept running and melted the safety tube thereby draining the 
entire hydraulic pack and requiring a return to base with emergency extension.   
Had I kept my hand on the selector (both raising and lowering) until confirming 
correct signals, I could have pulled the breaker and saved the system.

The tow bar never stays on the plane--ever.  Twice burned with that one.

The canopy gets tested with a hard push up before entering the runway--lesson 
learned from LML.  It is now habit.

I check the gear selector is position down before climbing into the cockpit.  
From experience.

I use red ribbons on anything left unfinished so I don't forget before the next 
flight.  from experience.



--
For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html


tow bar attached to the nose..

Submitted by Anonymous on

From: Jim Nordin <panelmaker [at] earthlink.net>
Sender: <marv [at] lancaironline.net>
Subject: tow bar attached to the nose..
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:43:14 -0500
To: <lml [at] lancaironline.net>
Message Header


Undecoded Message

Wise Men Learn From Others Mistakes. The rest of us learn from now wise
Lancairians.

 

 

From: Lancair Mailing
List [lml [at] lancaironline.net]">mailto:lml [at] lancaironline.net] On Behalf
Of vtailjeff [at] aol.com

Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014
10:12 AM

To: lml [at] lancaironline.net

Subject: [LML] Re: tow bar
attached to the nose..

 

“Experience:
that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.”  C.S. Lewis

 

Experience is a hard teacher because she
gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Vernon Sanders
Law

Jeff

-----Original
Message-----

From: Paul Miller <pjdmiller [at] gmail.com>

To: lml <lml [at] lancaironline.net>

Sent: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 8:35 am

Subject: [LML] Re: tow bar attached to the nose..

I follow Fred's note to leave the hand on gear selector until three green.  It 
comes from my experience in a twin, I raised the gear and did not check the 
lights--the pump kept running and melted the safety tube thereby draining the 
entire hydraulic pack and requiring a return to base with emergency extension.   
Had I kept my hand on the selector (both raising and lowering) until confirming 
correct signals, I could have pulled the breaker and saved the system.
 
The tow bar never stays on the plane--ever.  Twice burned with that one.
 
The canopy gets tested with a hard push up before entering the runway--lesson 
learned from LML.  It is now habit.
 
I check the gear selector is position down before climbing into the cockpit.  
From experience.
 
I use red ribbons on anything left unfinished so I don't forget before the next 
flight.  from experience.
 
 
 
--
For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html