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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 3:50 pm
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Originally Posted by magiciansampras
I know they used to do this in the past, but I'm pretty sure I've always had a taxi push us out. Do air carriers ever use reverse thrust to back up anymore?

I'll be surprised if they ever did that.. I think the reverse thrusters are effective
for stopping.. but not for moving an aircraft in a reverse direction.
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