tie it down anyway.

[Jamie]

I've always tied down whatever plane I'm flying.  I just like doing it. Now I feel justified....

 

Flew to parents house, spent the night. As I'm arriving at the airport to depart, I see the local medical helicopter coming in to refuel. It does that hover-taxi thing up to the ramp. Lands near MY airplane and a luscombe. Both are tied down. The luscombe is really shaking. I can't see mine yet.

 

By the time I get to the fence it's on the skids and idling. I start packing my stuff in the plane and checking oil, etc. One of the jumpsuited crew comes over and says they're about to depart, I looked like I was getting ready to leave and that "You might want to leave the tiedowns on until we're gone". No. Really?

 

My point is, weather isn't the only reason to tie an airplane down.

 

 

[Bob_Belville]

Great advice. I lost a coffee cup recenly to a bizjet whose blast swung toward the table in front of the FBO as he taxied away.  

[aviatoreb]

Good advice.

 

I used to leave my hangar door open when I was out flying for an hour jaunt as is practice in this small town airport.

 

Well the medical lift helicopter company moved in to the big hangar just across a couple of hundred yards from my hangar.  Wow that thing moves a lot of air....just one time coming back and finding everything that used to be on a shelf now on the ground...