tulsaboy wrote:
OK! Thanks guys! Jerry, I'm gonna sound like a Negative Nancy here... we can't pull the fence posts because the fence is part of an airport perimeter fence controlled by the airport security folks, and we sit right on the runway of Tulsa International Airport. S that kinda complicates things a bit, if we want to start pulling fenceposts. And we wanted to tug them in, but they said that their SOP is not to let anyone but Navy personnel do the tugging. Our new director is a former E-2 and F-18 pilot, but even that won't work. So it leaves us feeling like we're beating our heads against a brick wall. If it can't come, it can't come... but it's spring break, and the kids will find it to be a really fun, different aircraft to see. So we'd really like to make it happen.
I need to add that the real answer to all of this is that we need a bigger ramp and a much bigger gate. And those are on their way. But that's not gonna get done next week.
kevin
Kevin,
I don't see you being negative at all, as a matter of fact, you're being fairly pro-active about the problem. There is a lot of knowledge on this site and it's great that your are tapping that.
I've been involved in air show ground operations for about 18 years and though we have actually towed most aircraft in the current inventory, including the F-22, C-17 and an E-2, when we occasionally run into the SOP problem, we just have one of the aircraft's crew members (if qualified) tow the aircraft.
Can you make that request of them? Usually if there is one on board, a crew chief would be qualified to tow the aircraft.
Jerry
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