MRJ starts low speed taxiing tests

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI) started low speed taxiing tests with the first flight test aircraft of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional jet, at the Nagoya Airport (Toyoyama-cho, Aichi Prefecture). Taxiing is the movement of an aircraft on the ground under its own power. An airplane uses taxiways to taxi from one place on an airport to another both prior to takeoff and after landing. The current taxiing tests will be performed to confirm braking at low speeds and direction control steering. The MRJ is a family of 70- to 90-seat next-generation regional jets under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft.