MDeitch1976
Line Up and Wait
This past Sunday 11-24-2012 was waiting for the engine to warm up to do my run up. A Velocity is coming up the taxiway off the Apron. Another flight school 172 does not yield and turns left coming off the taxiway onto the same portion the velocity is on. You see them both trying to maneuver to squeeze by each other. One of them makes the radio call asking if they are going to clear. No response. From my view, neither is going to clear wings. The Velocity has winglets on it, which made clearance an issue. Next thing you know, one of them is screaming "STOP! STOP! STOP!". Both of them still moving forward. They made contact Left wing on the Cessna to Left Winglet on the Velocity. They rotated each other about 20 to 30 degrees. I guess there was no serious damage. About 30 minutes later the Velocity is lining up 32 to get out of GAI.
Lesson here. If someone is on the Taxiway. STOP and let them out. If you both end up in a stand off. BOTH OF YOU STOP! Figure it out, and then proceed. My instructor and myself agreed that the Cessna had room to maneuver into the Grass. At most he needed five feet. He would of just cut a corner and been back on the concrete again.
In my inexperience, how do you determine everything is OK to go flying 20 minutes later?
Lesson here. If someone is on the Taxiway. STOP and let them out. If you both end up in a stand off. BOTH OF YOU STOP! Figure it out, and then proceed. My instructor and myself agreed that the Cessna had room to maneuver into the Grass. At most he needed five feet. He would of just cut a corner and been back on the concrete again.
In my inexperience, how do you determine everything is OK to go flying 20 minutes later?