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But if he didn't reconnect, how did the pilot steer the plane onto taxiway and turn for takeoff?
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Differential braking and power application...
keep a little power in and just drag the left brake and the nose swings around like the front of a shopping cart (or at least that what you can do in a 172)
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Additionally, didn't the pilot do a walk-around inspection on his plane before climbing onboard? Wouldn't the condition you describe be something that should have been seen?
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he walks around.... then climbs aboard.... THEN the tug hooks things up... so hes already inside when they pushback..