Tuesday, February 24, 2015

"Taxibot" to Save Jet Fuel Used To Taxi To Runway

Why drive when you can be towed? If you drive an airplane anyway. Jet fuel is extremely expensive and apparently a lot of it gets burned just taxiing from the gate to the runway. A new robot in Germany is aimed at reducing this waste by towing planes to the takeoff position.

Here's more about it.

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