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Description

How do ground marshellers explain to pilots where they need to move the plane on the ground?
This activity also covers what an airfield looks like as well as how the planes move around it

Resources

Chocks (Or whatever you can wedge below feet eg pens)
A way to mark out a runway and taxiways
A way to block vision of floor

Instructions

Mark out an airfield and parking stands (Shaped like foot prints)
Teach the following signals: (explain why signals are used)
- Straight ahead
- Turn left/right
- Normal stop
- Cut engines
- Chocks inserted (Explain why we need chocks)

Get into pairs
One will be a marshal and one will be a plane
Plane runs down runway and taxis toward marshal.
Marshal guides plane to stop on foot prints
Marshal Inserts chocks and shows chocks inserted sign
Swap over

Tags

• Airfield
• Airfield Dangers
• airfield layout
• Hertfordshire Scouts Air Activities
• marshalling

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