This allowed simultaneous takeoffs and landings into the airport, allowing 120 operations an hour (one takeoff or landing every 30 seconds).

Initial flight tests proved the aircraft required more rudder area to maintain stability and the fixed pitch proller needed to be adjusted to allow takeoffs under a mile in length.

The Panther employs a tilt-rotor propulsion system patented by IAI and designed for tactical use, allowing runway-free takeoffs and landings on unprepared locations.

Emirates Airlines' two new Boeing 777 aircraft have each been equipped with two cameras on the front of the undercarriage, allowing takeoffs, landings and scenery to be viewed on the in-flight entertainment system.

The Navy, seeking to replace its aging fleet of A-6 and F-14 fighters, wants a powerful radar-evading plane built solidly to allow frequent takeoffs and landings on aircraft carriers.

Most noteworthy were "landing mats," large concrete squares, hexagons and circles, which allowed takeoffs and landings in any direction.

It was also well to the north of the present compound and away from the hillier ground - supposedly to allow easier takeoffs and landings.

Kennedy has two pairs of parallel runways, and the preferred procedure is to use one pair at a time, whichever allows takeoffs and landings into the wind.

Its large runways and the distance between them would allow simultaneous takeoffs and landings.

Captain McCarthy said his union would be advising its members that any clearance now offered by controllers would be in accordance with the union's criteria, and that he, too, was glad if the result was to allow more landings and takeoffs.