Startup Touts Towing System To Reduce Taxi Costs

Graham Warwick November 24, 2020
ATS tow dolly concept
The above-ground tow dolly, which chocks the aircraft’s nosewheel, sits atop the below-ground electric pull car.
Credit: Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide concept
The prototype of a towing system that would be built into the taxiways and ramps of airports to move aircraft between gate and runway under electric power, reducing emissions, is taking shape at Ardmore Industrial Airpark in Oklahoma. Below-ground channel links gate to runway Electric pull car...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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