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Old 10-01-2014, 08:24 AM
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Anyone on this forum have a picture they can post regarding the foam pad suspended from a pole where the jet can drive up to until the front windshield touches the bar??

I have heard these exist only in the Memphis hub.

Thanks!
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Old 10-01-2014, 08:25 AM
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Anyone on this forum have a picture they can post regarding the foam pad suspended from a pole where the jet can drive up to until the front windshield touches the bar??

I have heard these exist only in the Memphis hub.

Thanks!
It is a pretty effective Accu-Park system.

I haven't seen one in years.
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Old 10-01-2014, 08:48 AM
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Boston has one with a little monkey hanging on it…;-)

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If I recall, they're scattered around the system. But not many of them. Memphis did/does have a couple of them too…

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Originally Posted by liv2soar View Post
anyone on this forum have a picture they can post regarding the foam pad suspended from a pole where the jet can drive up to until the front windshield touches the bar??

I have heard these exist only in the memphis hub.

Thanks!
I believe IAD, EWR, BOS, OAK....? Maybe a few others.

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Boston has one with a little monkey hanging on it…;-)

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For the longest time, it used to be that ratty old parrot. Then one day it was gone, then the monkey arrived!
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Redneck technology....started life as an old tennis ball in a garage in Germantown
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I never understood how that little foam bar could stop a big airplane, but it worked every time.
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Back in the day, we just had a ramp worker lie down where the nose wheel was supposed to stop. His name was Chock Norris.
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