Pushing back a plane

thnom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwtfN-KqQ3I

This is a video from Leeds and Bradford Airport of the grounds guys pushing back the aeroplane BY hand. My dad is one of these guys.. haha - utterly amazing.

rooster

hehe cool I wonder why they didn't use some kind of tow vehicle?

ebagg

Manly men don't need no stinking towing vehicle! Nice man, looks like an interesting job to have.

Snowfly

Meh! If it flies, it can't be that heavy.

Funny stuff Reminds me of the guy that pulls trucks with his penis.

thnom

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hehe cool I wonder why they didn't use some kind of tow vehicle?

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Apparently its a new plane and they didn't have the "stick" for it (or one that fits) (I'm guessing that keeps it in place).

My dad is the one on the walky talky (not actually pushing hahaha ) - he's usually the guy driving the car pushes back the plane..

Tumerboy

Whatever, there is a CLEAR 0.5% downhill grade. . . I am not impressed.

Ryno

It looks like these guys have done this before, and none of them exactly looks to be straining much. In high school with a few friends from the football team we used to pick up and move cars of friends, coaches, and teachers just to mess with them. We wouldn't move them very far, but would tend to do stuff like turn them sideways in the parking slots with cars to either side so that they couldn't pull out. With about 8 football players, we could move almost any car. Fewer for compacts.