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Old March 31st 07, 07:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]
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Default Centerlines on taxiways

"150flivver" wrote in
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On Mar 31, 12:59 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
My understanding is that you're always supposed to follow the
centerline of a taxiway with your nose wheel. However, I find that
in very large aircraft, such as a 747, doing so allows the rear of
the aircraft to very nearly roll off the taxiway in turns; it seems
that I must swing the nose outward towards the edge of the taxiway in
turns so that the rear portion of the aircraft stays reasonably
centered--in much the same way that one steers a bus on a city
street. Is this kind of swinging outside the centerline the correct
way to do it, or am I missing something?

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Go back to truck driving school and leave the airplanes to pilots.


For Chrissake., I don't want that idiot at the wheel of a truck!

Bertie