Re: Why your tractor won\'t go.
Well, Cliff, since this seems to be a "true confessions" thread, here's one that doesn't involve a tractor but is still on point:
I had conducted what I thought was a thorough ground check on my four seat, single engine aircraft. I got in the cockpit, conducted my usual thorough pre-flight checklist and, everything checking out as satisfactory, I gave it some throttle to start to taxi for takeoff. .....Nothing happened /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif, so I gave it a bit more throttle. ...Nothing happened /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gifexcept that the engine noise level in the cockpit increased. I was gettin' impatient so I gradually increased to full throttle, assuming that the wheels had perhaps created a slight depression in the ground at my tie-down, which sometimes happens after a rain. ...Nothing happened. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
At this point, it finally occured to me to look outside. My plane, at that time, was a high wing Cessna and I discovered that both wings (and also the tail, as it turned out) were still firmly roped to their tie-down anchors in the ground. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Yes, I'd been partying a bit, but thought that I was entirely fit to fly. thimk agin...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
