TUGS' RETURN TRIPS IN DOUBT
Credit: JOSEPH PRIES
The Virgin Atlantic proposal to tow aircraft to the runway is superficially attractive, but how will the tugs get back to the ramp from the runway? There will usually be a queue of aircraft behind the departing Virgin 747, many if not all with wingspans greater than the width of the taxiway, and the...
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