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Airbus jet airliners taxiing at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport A privately owned Sea Vixen taxis back from an air show flight, with wings folding as it moves.. Taxiing (rarely spelled taxying) [1] is the movement of an aircraft on the ground, under its own power, in contrast to towing or pushback where the aircraft is moved by a tug.
The term elephant walk dates to World War II when large fleets of allied bombers would conduct attacks in missions containing 1,000 aircraft. Those who observed the taxiing of these large numbers of aircraft to take off in single file in nose-to-tail formations said that they looked like elephants walking to the next watering hole.
The WheelTug system enables airplanes to taxi forward and backwards without needing a tow tractor or using main jet engines. The system uses twin electric motors installed in the rims of the nose wheels. [3] These motors are powered by the aircraft's Auxiliary Power Unit (APU).
The TaxiBot eliminates the use of airplane engines during taxi-in and until immediately prior to take-off during taxi-out potentially saving airlines billions of dollars in fuel that is used. The TaxiBot is controlled by the pilot from the cockpit using the regular pilot controls. [6] British Airways has been using a similar sort of tug too. [7]
EGTS is an electric taxiing system enabling an aircraft to taxi independently of its main engines or tug. [2]Each of the two main landing gear inboard wheels is driven by an electric motor powered by the auxiliary power unit (APU) generator, allowing the aircraft to push back from the gate without an airport tug and to taxi without the use of the main engines.
F-22 Raptors taxiing at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, US Aircraft taxiing to runway, at Denver International Airport A taxiway crossing the Autobahn Taxiway at Munich Airport Holding Position Marking on a taxiway at Mumbai Airport Holding position sign (red sign saying "ILS") and marking (in front of the red plane) for instrument landing system (ILS) critical area boundary
The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-200 operated by Air Wisconsin Flight 6209, was taxiing ahead of takeoff when the collision took place about 7:20 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a ...
Tricycle gear is essentially the reverse of conventional landing gear or taildragger.On the ground, tricycle aircraft have a visibility advantage for the pilot as the nose of the aircraft is level, whereas the high nose of the taildragger can block the view ahead.