Did the folks at the airport have your authorization to move the plane? Can you make them accountable for damaging your plane? I have always avoided letting anybody move my plane around, just to avoid what you just described. Eliacim
> While my Ercoupe was parked at the local airport, it was moved by > airport personnel about 150 yards to a new parking spot. I suspect a > tug was used for the move. When I took off for a short flight I > expeienced a mild nose wheel shimmy just prior to liftoff, and when I > landed, I got a really bad shimmy. > I suspect something got bent when the airplane was moved, either pushed > backwards too fast or a turn that exceeded the nose wheel turn limit. > The airplane is in for an annual now so we are looking for what's > bent. Anybody got any ideas? > Robert Bartunek > AKA "Bart" > >
