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Bookmark or Share- taxiing - Who has right of way on the ground? - Aviation Stack ExchangeAn aircraft taxiing on the manoeuvring area shall stop and hold at all runway-holding positions unless an explicit clearance to enter or cross the runway has been issued by the aerodrome control tower. Emergency vehicles proceeding to the assistance of an aircraft in distress shall be afforded priority over all other surface movement traffic.
- airport - How does an aircraft taxi? - Aviation Stack ExchangeHowever, there is a system (called the ElectricGreen Taxiing System, introduced at the 2013 Paris Air Show) that attaches to the wheel and uses an electric motor to move instead of the main engine(s). It is currently only available on the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family.
- taxiing - How could an airliner as big as B777 make a U Turn on ground ...Turning Radius, as found in a planning document: 28.7m for a Boeing 777-200; 34.7m for a Boeing 777-300; Rotating around one a point a bit off the wing to allow both wheels to roll throughout.
- taxiing - How do pilots manage to keep aircraft on centerline during ...Last, some new aircraft have cameras that can provide video to cockpit. A380 has a camera behind the nose wheel for more precise taxiing and camera on tail that provides better perspective for judging clearance to obstacles as while wingtips are visible from cockpit in most aircraft, that angle makes it difficult to judge the clearance.
- Taxiing with one engine: Is engine #1 always used or do they switch?I recently travelled with an A320 and an A321 from FRA (Frankfurt) to TXL (Berlin) and back again. On this and on previous flights I already noticed a whining sound, much louder than other sounds, while we were still at the gate or soon after leaving the gate and starting taxiing. I cannot remember exactly.
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