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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.
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.
According to Aviation Week, the WheelTug system is projected to provide savings in ground turnaround time and increased aircraft utilization. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In June 2005 Chorus Motors first ground tested the WheelTug concept on an ex- Air Canada Boeing 767 at the Evergreen Air Center at Pinal Airpark Aircraft boneyard in Marana, Arizona , with an ...
The Canadian definition of air taxi includes all commercial single-engine aircraft, multi-engine helicopters flown by visual flight rules by one pilot and all multi-engine, non-turbo-jet aircraft, with a maximum take-off weight 8,618 kg (18,999 lb) or less and nine or fewer passenger seats, that are used to transport people or goods or for ...
This allows the aircraft to vacate the runway quicker, permitting another to land or take off in a shorter interval of time. This is accomplished by reducing the angle the exiting taxiway intercepts the runway at to 30 degrees, instead of 90 degrees, thus increasing the speed at which the aircraft can exit the runway onto the taxiway. [3]
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.
Wisk Aero is an aerospace manufacturer based in Mountain View, California, United States.The company develops self-flying electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed to be operated as air taxis. [2]
Some safety videos are made using three-dimensional graphics. [2] Other videos were made to be humorous, or feature celebrities, or were based on popular movies. Many safety videos were uploaded to YouTube. [3] [4] The flight attendant featured in a Delta Air Lines video from 2008 has become an internet celebrity known as Deltalina.