Aircraft Chocking

what about aircraft to car contact – with the car being the parked object?

I agree with that. At least if there is any aircraft to aircraft contact after you have parked your machine you cannot be guilty of negligence

How much effort does it take to chock an aircraft?! Very little…..chock it every time slope or no slope.

Gosh! Nice pics, spitfireman.
I always chocked G-BGIU everytime I flew her to Plymouth.

At Plymouth Airport a couple of years ago, this happened!!:diablo:

If it wasn’t for the Chock box stopping this aeroplane, it would have gone down a bank and ended up in the fuel farm.

If your on a slope………..chock it. One of the reasons for brakes to fail are the brake cables expand slightly when warming up after landing. Seen it happen often. Mind you, Plymouth has slopes you can ski down.

Funniest thing i saw was when a friend of mine was refueling a large high wing taildragger ( want say which one to protect the inosent;)) which required the use of a ladder that lent against the wing leading edge. He had not placed chocks in the wheels and the fuel instalation had a very slight slope away from the pumps. As he was standing on the ladder filling the tank the A/C began to move away from him backwards! He was instantly aware that the A/C did not need to move far before the ladder lost contact with the wing!!!!! The final moments of him going in one dirrection, fuel hose in another and the ladder and A/C heading down the will stay with me forever:D

I remember my friend, a flash wide boy newbie pilot forgetting to untie his plastic gallon of sand on the tail and doing a circuit before being recalled and shown the error of his ways. Needless to say, there was not much of the container left after dragging on a few hundred feet of concrete.

I too tie the aircraft down when I am finished with it.

I was refuelling my aircraft at the weekend and failed to notice that there was a slight slope next to the fuelling station. I felt a little stupid when it started rolling forwards, towards the fuel dispenser!

Normally tie the plane down, but have used chocks in the past.

I rarely chock the aircraft for a transit stop, unless a slope and a box of handily placed chocks give me a clue that it might be a good idea.

Overnight would always try to, in case the wind gets up. Tie down’s are better, but not the stupid ones with a couple of small breeze blocks on the end of the string.

Moggy

Or the other favourite 5gallon cans filled with concrete. I mean the aircraft is built to lift its own empty weight say 1000+ lbs the weight of the fuel could be in the region of 200 lbs. up to 6 people depending on type of aircraft say another 700 lbs and a bit of baggage. Easy to see that if the wind is strong enough to lift the aircraft it won’t be much bothered by 150 lbs of concrete.

I rarely chock the aircraft for a transit stop, unless a slope and a box of handily placed chocks give me a clue that it might be a good idea.

Overnight would always try to, in case the wind gets up. Tie down’s are better, but not the stupid ones with a couple of small breeze blocks on the end of the string.

Moggy

It’s not just a slope you need to worry about.

Once had a rather embarrasing moment while preflighting a 152 in a brisk breeze.

Lowered the flaps, started walk-around….you guessed it!

Keystone Cops moment followed by rapid application of parking brake 😮