Michelle P wrote in
nk.net:

George,
Most tugs do not have rear view mirrors because they are so open and
you are usually pushing a plane so you are facing it. It is one more
thing that will get broken.

Heck with *rear* view mirrors, you are right about pushing a plane!

Friend of mine, couple of years ago, was in the runup area of a towered
airport, in her Cessna 172. Brakes locked, doing the runup ... WHAM.
Whole plane is shoved sideways and forward. After a moment to start
breathing again, she shuts down.

Turns out a construction forklift with a whopping big load of steel in the
forks had tried to take a shortcut. He had NO forward view, and had run
into the right rear of the plane. Amazing what damage a ton of steel can
do to an aluminum spam can. She was NOT a happy camper.

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