And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's what the guy riding the brakes is for... saw tow bar bolts shear once towing a C130. The guy in charge hollered "BRAKES" at the brake rider... it was raining and he had the window closed but the guy driving the mule heard him and hit the brakes. The ray dome crunched into the mule.. it was funny... I wasn't part of that crew I was just watching and missed the ass chewing that came after that. :-)
The bicycle just steers the nose. They fire up one engine to taxi forward. I got to "ride" the brakes in some 727s for one job. You cannot see anything behind you and you can't see the right wing. It's like guiding an aircraft carrier with a patch over one eye and your head in a vise. Interesting job until somebody screws up.
Wrong. A six-year government-sponsored study determined this to be the most environment friendly tool.
ReplyDeleteThen they found they needed a world-class weightlifter to ride the bike. A guy with thighs the size of redwood tree trunks.
ReplyDeleteI don't see any training wheels so I'm notifying OSHA
ReplyDeleteA recumbant bike lets the rider put more torque on the wheel. That'd be the ticket for this, for sure.
ReplyDeletePiece of cake with the right gears and if you could hook-up the traction with decent tires.
ReplyDeleteThe question bigger is if it ever gets the plane moving, can it get it stopped?
ReplyDeleteThat's what the guy riding the brakes is for... saw tow bar bolts shear once towing a C130. The guy in charge hollered "BRAKES" at the brake rider... it was raining and he had the window closed but the guy driving the mule heard him and hit the brakes. The ray dome crunched into the mule.. it was funny... I wasn't part of that crew I was just watching and missed the ass chewing that came after that. :-)
DeleteIf the plane was moving under it's own power, would the bike setup be enough to steer it??
ReplyDeleteThe bicycle just steers the nose. They fire up one engine to taxi forward. I got to "ride" the brakes in some 727s for one job. You cannot see anything behind you and you can't see the right wing. It's like guiding an aircraft carrier with a patch over one eye and your head in a vise. Interesting job until somebody screws up.
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