I would say either that or if there is an openig you want with others nearby, shut-er down, and pull it in by hand.

And when you want to leave, push it out and turn it by hand, away from anyone that could be adversely affected.

Gary

While we're on fly-in parking etiquette, how about remembering to give that solo flyer a hand pushing his airplane into or back out of his parking place? Many's the time I've busted my gut pushing my 170 around on the grass all by my lonesome, while a bunch of nearby observers sat on their asses and watched without a single offer of help. But you can bet that if I'd have fired it up and moved it the easy way they'd have been up and at my throat in a heartbeat. And do remember that your fly-in campsite does double-duty as an airplane taxiway, so don't get too outraged when someone's accidental propwash blows your stuff around-- kinda your own fault for not securing it. Tolerance and consideration cuts both ways.

Eric

When taxiing into my campsite spot at Osh last year on Sunday (lots of arrivals) the ground folks motioned me to swing out and turn around into the space. There were already several campers and that would've given 'em a duster. So as I started my turn, I cut the engine and started to jump out to push the plane where they wanted it as quick as possible to keep the line moving. I suddenly had 3 ground people yelling at me from all sides to start it back up and pull into the spot. I tried to argue about the prop blast, but got nowhere. Tried to keep it to a minimum, but immediately walked over and apologized to those affected.
I have walked over to many people at sulfur creek who are getting into their planes half-way down the row and said 'you guys ready to push out?, I'll help" When they reply that they were just going to start up and pull out, the reply back is no you're not, and the teachin begins. Always good to be proactive when it's your plane they're parked next to.

I've had similar experiences at OSH. The ground handling volunteers there often know nothing about prop blast, and some of them don't care, either. Nevertheless, I've stopped and told them to help me push in. They did so, after some rolling of eyes.

Good points all, folks. Ground courtesy with prop wash helps everyone--it minimizes erosion on your prop, and keeps from pissing off the neighbors.

At the airport, I've had a number of pilots ask why I stop the airplane perpendicular to the hangar space to shut down. I explain to them that this way, I don't blow tons of dirt, sand, etc, under THEIR hangar doors by blasting it around, when all I had to do was push the tail around by hand.

MTV

Of course it's a whole lot easier to do "the right thing" with a light tail dragger.

We always horse the 182 around. The "right thing" is the thing to do, tail or nose.

I went to the fly-in at Concrete WA last year, they had about a dozen young and old CAP'ers attempting to direct me to my parking spot. (of course, they mainly confused me & each other, but I digress....). When I finally got to the back row, shut down, and made to push it into place- they all faded out. When I asked one for a hand, they said their CAP hierarchy didn't allow them to touch the airplanes due to liability concerns. Sounded stupid to me-- they're OK to (mis) direct my taxiing but not OK to help me push it into place. The CAP went down (another) notch in my book that day.

Eric