Flight School "Taxis" - a History and Etymology of "to Taxi"

[AggieMike88]

Tonight's task was working on my lessons plans for my CFI class. Included in the group was "PreFlight Procedures: Taxiing".

So I wondered, where did that word get associated with the activity?

Some Googling found this article that was quite interesting. So I'm sharing it with the PoA Gang. Enjoy!!

Flight School "Taxis" - a History and Etymology of "to Taxi" (like an Airplane)

drawing from Des Moines Register, Sept. 3, 1911

 

[flyingron]

Usually, I'm skeptical of such folk etymologies, but this one doesn't look like it is too far off. The OED's earliest reference to taxi in the aircraft sense is several years past the references in this article.

 

[denverd1]

Cool read!

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[midlifeflyer]

Hmmm. Maybe this is how the Hobbs meter was born?