Could be. I remember hand-rolling a fully-fueled F-15 with 6-10 folks, mainly by pushing on the wheels. Weight was about 34K pounds, as I recall. Unlike propeller engines, jets have relatively low static thrust; jet thrust generally increases with speed.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > archer75--- via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 7:28 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] Real or staged? > > > > –52C in Siberia: Over 70 passengers 'push' frozen plane to runway (VIDEO) > > http://rt.com/news/208967-russia-frozen-plane-passengers/ > > Freezing temperatures didn’t stop intrepid passengers from “helping out” a > Russian plane that couldn’t move, because its wheels were frozen to the > ground. The "selfie" won the day in a remote Siberian town beyond the > Arctic Circle. > > 74 passengers, who were on board, offered the seven-member crew and > technical staff to help move the frozen Tupolev Tu-134 plane to the takeoff > runway on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the UTair company told TASS. > > “The passengers disembarked to lighten the weight, and then they > volunteered to move it,” she said. > > The temperatures in Igarka, in the Krasnoyarsk region, hit a low of about > 52C. Locals, living some 163 km north of the Arctic Circle, are quite used to > cold weather, but machines turn out to be more delicate. > > Having spent over 24 hours on the tarmac, the airplane’s wheels simply froze > to the ground. However, the brake system wasn’t harmed. According to the > company, the ice-covered ground was the reason the plane couldn’t be > moved. The incident is currently under investigation, and will involve airport > staff, the airline, crew and passengers. > > The passengers of the charter flight were rotation workers, heading to > Krasnoyarsk. They didn’t regard their activity as anything outstanding. There > just was no other way for the plane to take off, they said. > > “Planted a tree, built a house, pushed a plane,” goes a new joke, referring to > the three vital actions of a real Russian man, which also includes having a > son, according to a local TV. > > Nonetheless, the director of the local airport said that “The passengers – > rotation workers – must have decided to make some sort of a ‘selfie’. The > joke proved right and became a good one in the internet.” > > He was doubtful whether people could actually move a 70-ton aircraft. This > was backed by the prosecutor’s words, who added that it would be hard to > reach its two-meter-high wings, and if you did manage, the cover and flaps > could get damaged. > > The plane successfully made it to Krasnoyarsk, albeit it with a little delay. > 9.2K788 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no > control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
