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  2. Overtaking - Wikipedia

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    Overtaking on the inside or undertaking [16] [17] [18] refers to the practice of overtaking a slower vehicle on a road using the lane that is curb side of the vehicle being passed; that is to say, a lane to the left of the vehicle in countries where driving is on the left, or a lane to the right of the vehicle in countries where driving is on ...

  3. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, aircraft usually join the pattern at a 45° angle to the downwind leg, in the beginning of the downwind leg. [citation needed] Fast aircraft, for example military jets, may enter the pattern with a run-and-break (in the US, overhead maneuver or overhead break). The aircraft flies at speed along the final leg, and makes a sharp, high ...

  4. Traffic - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft towing or refueling other aircraft has the right-of-way over all other engine-driven aircraft; Powered parachute, weight-shift-control aircraft, airplane, and rotorcraft; In addition, head-on approaching aircraft shall alter course to the right. An aircraft being overtaken has the right-of-way.

  5. Right of way - Wikipedia

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    Right of way drawing of U.S. Route 25E for widening project, 1981 Right of way highway marker in Athens, Georgia Julington-Durbin Peninsula Powerline Right of Way. A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.

  6. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 ⇅ Left-hand traffic ⇵ Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the ...

  7. Bidirectional traffic - Wikipedia

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    Entry to and exit from airports is always one-way traffic, as runways are chosen to allow aircraft to take off and land into the wind, to reduce ground speed. [8] Even in no wind cases, a preferred calm wind runway and direction is normally chosen and used by all flights, to avoid collisions. [ 9 ]

  8. Possible bird strike forces jet to make emergency landing at ...

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    Back in 2009, the "Miracle on the Hudson " involved a bird strike and a plane taking the same route as Thursday's American Airlines jet.

  9. Go-around - Wikipedia

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    When the pilot is instructed or decides to go around, the pilot applies full thrust or a predetermined TOGA (Takeoff and Go Around) thrust to the engine(s), adopts an appropriate climb attitude and airspeed, raises the landing gear when the airplane has achieved a positive climb rate, retracts the flaps as necessary, follows the instructions of the control tower (in controlled airspace), and ...