I have always wondered why they called them “runways”. Planes taxi, they don’t run, right? But now I know. Anita writes about running on the new Bangalore Airport runway.
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Sidhusaaheb
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 pm | #
Planes ‘taxi’ up to the runway and then ‘run’ on the runway, in order to attain speed that can create a sufficient amount of a force that is termed as Lift, which acts against the force of Gravity and enables the aircraft to take-off.
Lekhni
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm | #
You are right! I am more used to having planes sit at the gate for long hours and stand in queues for longer hours (more standing, less taxiing).
I forget that planes can run, let alone fly
Patrix
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 pm | #
Also, why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
Lekhni
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 pm | #
Good one! And isn’t a spectacle something we should see, rather than see through?