Airlines can improve their fuel conservation by using single engine taxiing and electric-powered vehicles on the ground.
And it would also please the neighbours: there would be hardly any noise during taxiing.
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It is hoped mechanics will have the plane taxiing in two months and flying within seven years.
"After landing and while taxiing to the gate, our aircraft made contact with another parked aircraft, " Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson confirmed to CNN.
Upon arrival at Fort Bliss, the soldiers' cargo plane was still taxiing down the runway when two of the former POWs -- Spec.
He arrived to see a Boeing 737 business jet with a Miami Dolphins logo on its tail taxiing down the runway--with his bags inside it.
Use your phone on a plane that's not parked or taxiing and the FAA and TSA might disembowel you on the spot for the infraction.
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American Eagle Flight 4265, an Embraer-140, had just arrived from Springfield, Missouri, and was taxiing to the gate when the incident occurred around 1 p.m.
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He arrived to see a Boeing 737 business jet with a Miami Dolphins logo on its tail taxiing down the runway with his bags inside it.
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The company's goal is to create ways to direct planes taxiing around airports much like autopilots now routinely issue computer-generated commands during all phases of flight, they said.
They said the fire began while the plane was taxiing after landing about 9:10 p.m. at al-Udeid, the headquarters of U.S. military air operations for the Middle East.
Controllers generally guide planes on runways and active taxiways, but it would be unusual for them to discuss aircraft that are in parking areas with pilots who are taxiing past them.
The last accident at Schiphol Airport happened in December 2003 when an EasyJet flight carrying 103 passengers to London collided with a lamppost while taxiing during icy conditions, according to Aviation Safety Network's Web site.
Last month, a 68-year-old Idaho man was charged with misdemeanor battery after police say he struck a teen who would not turn off his iPhone while the plane they were in was taxiing for takeoff.
Bob Witver, head of advanced technology for Honeywell's aerospace unit, said the aim is to make "the whole experience of piloting smooth and seamless, " ensuring that pilots "receive the same kind of information on the same kind of displays" regardless of whether planes are taxiing or flying.
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