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  Taxiing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taxiing refers to an airplane moving under its own power on the ground, usually on wheels, but also includes aircraft with skis or floats (for water-based travel).
An airplane uses taxiways to taxi from one place on an airport to another.
A pilot controls the direction his or her airplane travels during taxiing with his or her feet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taxiing   (223 words)

  
 Taxiing - General
Taxiing is the controlled movement of the airplane under its own power while on the ground.
When taxiing at normal taxi speeds in a no wind condition, the aileron and elevator control surfaces have little or no effect on directional control of the airplane and therefore should not be considered steering devices.
Initially, the pilot should taxi with the heels of the feet resting on the cockpit floor and the balls of the feet on the bottom of the rudder pedals (Fig.
www.faatest.com /books/FLT/Chapter5/TaxiingGeneral.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Taxiing Nosewheel Type Airplanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Taxiing is somewhat simplified in an airplane equipped with a nosewheel.
Although taxiing with a steerable nosewheel requires less special pilot technique than required with a tailwheel, the habitual observance of all safety precautions is necessary.
To prevent this when taxiing with a strong quartering tailwind, the elevator should be held in the down position (elevator control forward) and the aileron on the upwind side should be held in the down position (aileron control in the direction opposite that from which the wind is blowing).
avstop.com /AC/FlightTraingHandbook/TaxiingNosewheel.html   (530 words)

  
 Danbury Flight School - Proper Taxi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The primary requirements for safe taxiing are positive control, the ability to recognize potential hazards in time to avoid them, and the ability to stop or turn where and when desired, without undue reliance on the brakes.
The pilot of the Beech was taxiing the airplane for departure, when he observed the Piper airplane taxiing inbound on the taxiway, and stopped the Beech along the edge of the taxiway.
While taxiing north, a gust of wind from the west, estimated to be between 30 and 40 knots, weathervaned the airplane to the left.
www.danburyflightschool.com /taxi.html   (4354 words)

  
 Taxiing - the final challenge
In yet another report, the crew taxied to the wrong runway only to be told by ground control that they were the 12th airplane to misread the signs that month.
With the EMM crews taxied faster, caught and corrected errors faster and without assistance from ATC, their tracking improved, deviations decreased and situational awareness was better.
The difficulty of the taxi task is compounded further by the complexity of the navigational environment.
www.iasa.com.au /folders/Safety_Issues/FAA_Inaction/callfortaxi.html   (3128 words)

  
 Taxiing - Tailwheel Type Airplanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In taxiing downwind the tendency to weathervane is increased, due to the tailwind decreasing the effectiveness of the flight controls.
On most tailwheel type airplanes, directional control while taxiing is facilitated by the use of a steerable tailwheel which operates along with the rudder.
While taxiing, the steerable tailwheel should be used for making normal turns and the pilot's feet kept off the brake pedals to avoid unnecessary wear on the brakes.
avstop.com /AC/FlightTraingHandbook/TaxiingTailwheel.html   (429 words)

  
 Taxiing Our Way into Approach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Thinking all was proceeding according to plan, I cleared my side (port side), seeing one aircrewman with chocks over his shoulder and a "remove before flight" flag flapping from one of the pins in his hand.
She had recognized the stuck-pin signal from the plane captain and had released the parking brake (an H-3 trick for unsticking a stuck pin) and had also complied with my call for unlocking the aircraft tailwheel.
The aircraft began to taxi about the chocked right mainmount, because of the inherent inertia in the head.
www.safetycenter.navy.mil /media/approach/issues/apr01/Taxiing.htm   (885 words)

  
 Taxiing times - Activities & Interests - Travel - theage.com.au
Bangkok taxis are cheap: the flag fall is 35 baht (about $1.30) plus five baht (15 cents) a kilometre.
If you phone for a taxi after 6pm, it will turn up with a few euros already on the clock; the meter starts ticking as soon as the taxi heads out to fetch you.
And once your taxi crosses the area enclosed by the ring road, the peripherique, the cabbie presses a button on the meter which clicks it onto a higher rate.
theage.com.au /news/activities--interests/taxiing-times/2005/11/23/1132703241797.html   (1806 words)

  
 TAXI !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
These include distractions, blocked radio transmissions, a mindset to taxi to a particular runway when another runway may be in use, and rushing.
One noted problem is that sometimes the First Officer calls for the taxi clearance while the Captain is still off-frequency talking to the pushback crew on the interphone.
Although the act of taxiing an aircraft to and from an active runway may seem a little routine, ensuring that it is done safely requires planning, coordination, and attention.
asrs.arc.nasa.gov /directline_issues/dl3_taxi.htm   (1970 words)

  
 AOPA Flight Training - Taxiing On The Runway, Revisited: Should ATC Spell It Out?
He decided to taxi part of the way on an inactive runway because it was the shortest route to the active.
One said that the taxi clearance without restriction is "pretty much an invitation to have the pilot taxi to the runway any way they feel fit.
When they receive a 'taxi to' clearance with no restrictions, in a way they own the airport." He added, however, "But they are ultimately responsible for their own safety.
flighttraining.aopa.org /cfi_tools/publications/inst_reports2.cfm?article=4350   (828 words)

  
 Seaplane Pilots Association - Library
The table of contents is based on the time line of a seaplane flight, beginning with chapters on the natural elements, seamanship in seaplanes, seaplane bases and water aerodromes, from dockside operations and ramp launches, taxiing, takeoff, in flight, then landing and approaching the dock or shore.
Low speed taxiing, plow taxiing, low speed taxiing in the wind, sailing, taxiing in the current, taxiing with amphibians, taxiing with the reversible pitch propeller, stopping offshore.
Forces on the aircraft, asymmetrical effects in taxiing, attitudes and movements of the aircraft, an overall view, limitations, equilibrium and stability, stability of the floatplane in flight, stability of the floatplane on water, stability of the hull aircraft.
www.seaplanes.org /library/books/seaplane_operations.htm   (886 words)

  
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Another spot on this side is spot D which is opposite and a bit south of spot A. Here the fence runs very close to the taxiway and for a B747 on the nearer taxiway a 28mm lens is needed.
Here you can take pictures of aircraft parked on the southern positions or aircraft that are always taxiing always anti-clockwise round the terminal T1, but the view is sometime obstructed by buses and ground equipment parked here.
For the taxiing aircraft a 300mm lens is needed.
nuespotter.free.fr /spotp/cdg   (903 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Taxiing: Like maneuvering an acre of land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Steering while taxiing commercial airliners is done with a "tiller." On some airplanes the tiller is shaped like a pie wedge to suggest part of a steering wheel.
Airplanes taxiing for takeoff, for instance, must wait for departing aircraft to take off, or for landing aircraft to arrive and clear the runway.
Regarding whether we taxi in simulators, the answer is "yes." We can and do taxi in the simulator before we taxi in a real airplane.
www.usatoday.com /travel/columnist/getline/2005-07-18-ask-the-captain_x.htm   (740 words)

  
 United pilots' slow taxiing causes delays at O'Hare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
BY ROBERT C. United Airlines pilots created delays at O'Hare Airport on Tuesday by slowly taxiing between runways and gates, an apparent statement on contract talks with the carrier, officials said.
He said United pilots have been engaging in the slow taxiing at various times over the past four to six weeks.
Chicago aviation spokeswoman Monique Bond said air traffic was fairly routine Tuesday, although controllers said the lack of special landing procedures and the slow taxiing, were impacting operations.
www.thetracon.com /news/times072600.htm   (360 words)

  
 Taxiing to victory? (Seattle Weekly)
The Elliott Bay Water Taxi ferries passengers between downtown's Pier 55 and Alki's Seacrest Park seven days a week, with departures on the half hour at both ends of the run.
The water taxi ran on a summer-only basis during 1997, 1998, and 1999 and resumed service this May 26.
The water taxi averages about 31 passengers per trip and 112 passengers per hour, better averages than the bus system as a whole.
www.seattleweekly.com /news/0134/news-bush.php   (815 words)

  
 LEARN TO FLY - GROUND AND FLIGHT TRAINING LESSONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When taxiing ACROSS A RUNWAY (whether active or not), the aircraft shall be SLOWED prior to reaching the holding line, and a THOROUGH CHECK will be made for any traffic which may be landing or departing.
During all taxi operations when the WIND IN EXCESS OF 10 KNOTS, appropriate CONTROL DEFLECTIONS SHALL BE MADE to help keep the aircraft safely under control.
Many of the operations listed in the pre-takeoff checklist may be accomplished while the airplane is being taxied to the run-up area.
www.studentpilot.net /lessons/ground_operations.html   (1654 words)

  
 Skyboss Aviation Services - Aircraft Fuel Conservation Audit and Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The price of taxiing, in fuel alone, can vary from $25.00 per minute for an Airbus A320, to $50.00 per minute for a B747.
An engine out taxi – particularly at airports with long taxi distances – can save many thousands of dollars when aggregated across a fleet over a year – BUT the advantage is lost, of course, if the aircraft must stop and then spool up the active engine[s] to start rolling again.
If a taxi delay is anticipated for some reason, advising the pilot of the situation might encourage a gate hold or taxi with one or in some cases 2 engines out taxi.
www.skyboss.net /skybossPPT_files/slide0156.htm   (242 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Taxiing planes bump at Newark airport, nobody injured   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Flight 589, scheduled to fly to Miami, was taxiing about 7 a.m.
Monday when its left wing clipped the tail section of Flight 1002, another 737 also taxiing before its flight to Los Angeles, said Martin DeLeon, spokesman for Houston-based Continental.
No passengers were injured, said Tiffany Townsend, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
www.usatoday.com /travel/flights/2006-02-21-newark-accident_x.htm   (227 words)

  
 I'm really bad at taxiing...... - Flightinfo.com Hangar
With enough practice taxiing, you will eventually find yourself driving down the yellow line in the middle of the road.
When coming to stop, be sure that power is at idle and just slide your feet up to the tips of the rudder pedals and apply equal pressure on the brakes.
Finally got my NFL guy to sit in a chair and close his eyes and visualize taxiing while moving his feet to go along with the mental image.
forums.flightinfo.com /showthread.php?t=41746   (1250 words)

  
 Section 11.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When necessary for a wheeled helicopter to taxi on the surface, use the phraseology in para 3-7-2, TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATIONS.
Helicopters with articulating rotors (usually designs with three or more main rotor blades) are subject to ``ground resonance'' and may, on rare occasions, suddenly lift off the ground to avoid severe damage or destruction.
Avoid clearances which require small aircraft or helicopters to taxi in close proximity to taxiing or hover-taxi helicopters.
www.peterson.af.mil /21sw/thuleatc/Pubs/7110_65/0311.htm   (922 words)

  
 Sandel Avionics EHSI Operating Tips: Part 1 - Taxiing
Whatever your question, whether you're already an owner and you're looking for tips to become a power user or if you're just wondering what all the fuss is about, we've decided to run a multi-part series on how to use it, and let you decide if the SN3308 is right for you.
It may seem like overkill to use an EFIS to taxi and we're certainly not recommending that you taxi while staring at the panel.
For these situations we want to display the airport on a one mile scale and for taxi we don't want to display our flight plan course line or our two bearing pointers.
www.sandel.com /ehsi_operating_1.php   (471 words)

  
 Taxiing in the UK Extra
I wrote "Taxiing in the UK" as a bit of an homage to those UK drivers in the profession and as a reaction to our experiences taking taxis shortly after in New York.
We took the same route by taxi every day of our trip from our hotel, on 63rd, to the subway on 42nd.
One evening going back to the hotel, we entered a taxi, in which my wife and I had to sit sideways because ther was no legroom whatsoever.
www.fairgren.com /travellers2/process/extrapage.php?storycode=eu4009   (243 words)

  
 TRAFFIC ADVISORY PRACTICES AT AIRPORTS WITHOUT OPERATING CONTROL TOWERS
Before taxiing and before taxiing on the runway for departure.
Pilots of departing aircraft should monitor/communicate on the appropriate frequency from start-up, during taxi, and until 10 miles from the airport unless the CFR's or local procedures require otherwise.
Pilots of aircraft conducting other than arriving or departing operations at altitudes normally used by arriving and departing aircraft should monitor/communicate on the appropriate frequency while within 10 miles of the airport unless required to do otherwise by the CFR's or local procedures.
www.bayareapilot.com /CTAFi.htm   (583 words)

  
 While taxiing at London Gatwick
While taxiing at London Gatwick, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft.
You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you!
Taxi to gate Alpha one-seven." The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
www.eaa54.org /humor0.htm   (603 words)

  
 Wings & Wheels Expo 2004 -- B-17 Yankee Lady Press Flight 1
[F-14 taxiing from runway- 1.2 meg][F-14 taxiing to ramp-3 meg][F-14 taxiing on ramp-600k]
Upon landing and on the taxi way between runways, we watched the Spirit of Freedom touch down.
On the taxi way between runways, we watched the Spirit of Freedom touch down.
www.teterboro-online.com /news/news04/ww04/show5.shtml   (696 words)

  
 NTSB Urges Runway Safety Steps / Watchdog group says taxiing planes should stop at every intersection
Washington -- A federal safety watchdog agency, alarmed by high numbers of near-collisions between planes on U.S. runways, recommended yesterday that pilots stop at every runway intersection -- a move that could slow the pace of airport operations.
A key NTSB recommendation would require pilots to stop every time they reach a runway intersection and radio an air traffic controller for permission to cross.
Currently, pilots get clearance to taxi to their destinations on the airport surface and may cross any runways in between.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/14/MN100979.DTL   (553 words)

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