taxi in reverse?

Many jets do a power back from gates at the major airports.
All of our Aircraft can back up if necessary.
I have "witnessed" our turboprops backed into their parking spaces at
our hangar. You do not use the brakes though when backing up. They grab
and up end up doing a tail stand. (not good)
These would be a Jetstream 4100 and our Canadair Regional Jets
Michelle

wrote:

Has a fixed-wing plane ever been made that could back up under its own
power?

I once, on a flight from Bogota to MIA, sat next to an ex-FBI agent,
ex-Customs pilot, then MD for PHS.

He talked about making short field landings in a King Air by going
into reverse pitch while still 50 ft above the dirt.... ARGH!


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He talked about making short field landings in a King Air by going
into reverse pitch while still 50 ft above the dirt.... ARGH!


Known as Beta Mode in a Porter, and was used to drop from the sky at a great
rate of knots when you wanted to get down in a hurry. It has been used for
parachuting and allows the aircraft to get down faster than the jumpers.....

Also good for taxi operations.

I am considering a Storch, www.storch.com.au and have just had a great chat
with the designer about this and a few other things. Looks like I'm about to
take a trip down to see him......

Peter

David Lesher wrote:

He talked about making short field landings in a King Air by going
into reverse pitch while still 50 ft above the dirt.... ARGH!

The technique was commonly used by CIA pilots for short field insertions in SEA.

George Patterson
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