Yet another successful day across at the HAS Site today.
As part of our routine maintenance of the aircraft, the jets need to be moved periodically to avoid the tyres getting flat spots. This is a standard aviation industry procedure for aircraft that are parked up for a long period of time.
So, since we were going to be moving the aircraft for maintenance purposes anyway, we thought it would also be a good idea to make it an aircraft towing practice day.
This allowed us to train and refresh the skills of a number of our volunteers so that there are more people available to carry out these tasks in the future.
An initial bit of instruction on the basics of using and operating our tractor was followed by some aircraft ground handling and manoeuvring lessons, with all aims achieved.
By expanding the knowledge and skills to more volunteers, we are in a better position in the future as we now have a larger number of competent and confident aircraft towing team members.
