Answer by Anas Maaz for Why are parking brakes not used for parking jetliners?
I am going to answer you from an airline pilot point of view. First of all, parking brakes in aircraft work pretty similar to the ones in a car or a truck. And yes they are used to park the airplane by...
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Parking brakes are used by commercial aircraft at the gate if the ground crew can not set the chocks. The most common time for this to happen is during a lightning storm when ground crews are not...
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It’s so a linesman can tow your plane around if need be without you being there or needing to get into the plane.
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From the question 'Do I Set the Parking Brake On the Ramp?' it is concluded that you do not set the parking brake when parking the aircraft.The question concerns small aircraft which can be parked for...
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