Expecting people to stay back is like setting up a swimsuit edition magazine and expecting people not to look or buy it. You WANT people to look at your plane, so when they come, you can't act shocked that the lower-IQ half of them also touch it.
"Y'all are welcome to touch the plane, but only after you wash and wax it first..."
Having set up a number of static aircraft displays at the commercial level to include venues attended mostly by "aviation" people who should know better, the only 100% sure way to keep people away from your aircraft is to put a bright colored barrier and keep one or two people at the aircraft at all times. Short of that there is always that 10% who will cross the barrier because "they know what they're doing."
I've literally seen a kid try to "ride" on the tail of an L-4 - like a horse - at an airshow. And the parents were mad at me for yelling at him.Having set up a number of static aircraft displays at the commercial level to include venues attended mostly by "aviation" people who should know better, the only 100% sure way to keep people away from your aircraft is to put a bright colored barrier and keep one or two people at the aircraft at all times. Short of that there is always that 10% who will cross the barrier because "they know what they're doing."
Sitting on elevators, too. There are much, much worse things than touching a polished plane, no matter the pain that that undoubtedly is.
1967 Cessna O-2A Skymaster / Oscar Deuce 67-21383 - N1166B, "Steel Tiger" by Christopher Ebdon, on Flickr
Same here, guy starts turning the prop as I was sitting on the ground leaning against the wheel pant... I told the guy, "don't do that," explained how dangerous it was, and he started arguing with me, "oh, it won't start up!"
That’s too great!
haha true, thread kinda got off topic but I was mainly asking for sign ideas...
Back when I was flying Stearmans for a living, a mother was taking a pic of her little boy under the nose of the airplane. She lowered the camera, walked up, grabbed the prop and pulled it down so her little boy could put his arm around it for the picture. You’ve never seen four guys in red suits run so fast.
Where have I heard that before?
A white glove dispenser? Have them polish it for you!
They are attracted to shiny airplanes Like bugs to a zapper light… and they might have similar outcomes
As opposed to IMPORTANT—PLEASE READ as a subject line?
Am I the only one that has an email rule that marks anything with that subject line as junk?I would, but it’s usually the VP of Ops.
Maybe not put of spite, but let’s face it, kids are born selfish and willful. It’s condition 1.
I think it was the same guy, as the guy that did it to mine argued with me as well how it wouldn't start.
I remember years ago (our son is now in his mid-40s and he was young when this happened. He came into my aunt's house with eyes as big as saucers. "The fence shook me!" Once we figured out what had happened he was treated to every adult in the room laughing. He had grabbed an electric fence between pulses and when the fencer pulsed, he got "shook".
Great idea That subject line gets put in the trash without being read.
I think I did one better, trying to jump a fence I had not been warned had been newly electrified. It was set up for cattle, and a ball went over the fence at a church we regularly visited. I was eager to impress friends I didn't see often and grabbed the new wire with both hands... let's just say it was a lot less impressive and some good laughs were had at my expense.
Or a vice president, just use be sure to use birdshot...
