On Dec 27, 10:32*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

The best reason I can think of for not relying on the parking brake in a
wind is that they are not very reliable. Schwinn could make a better
arrangement than you see on most Cessnas, for instance.
Brakes are next to useless in very high winds anyway. After all, if the
wing is being lifted....

I've never had occasion to stand on an airplane's brake but when I use
the same amount of foot pressure on my Mooney as in my Saturn the
Saturn will stop in 1/2 the distance.

-Robert