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Old 15th Jul 2011, 11:59
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CJ Driver
 
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Thinking about this, it's quite clever (even quite surprising) that this sort of thing doesn't happen much more often. Several times I have had a moment of trepidation on a busy taxiway when something large was coming the other way on an adjacent taxiway. A double- or even triple-check that I was diligently on my yellow line, and the other folks were on theirs, and sure enough, we glide by with room to spare.

But when it comes to corners, converging or diverging lines, different turning circles, different gear positions of multiple types, the mathematics of what will fit in which space must explode into considerable complexity. I know I am showing my ignorance, but is there a surface movement equivalent of PANS-OPS or TERPS that is followed by those designing airfield layout?
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