Chicago's O'Hare Field is used as example to illustrate how tractor design is influenced by layout and operating rules of airport; principal features and characteristics of 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steer towing tractors, built by Frank G. Hough Co, Libertyville, Ill; use of gasoline engine permits 37.5 Kva ground power unit to feed from same fuel tank, resulting in only one kind of fuel required for combined unit. (see also abstract in SAE -- J n 4 Apr 1960 p 92-3)


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    Title :

    Towing tractors for heavy jet aircraft


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1960 Ground equipment



    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Towing tractors for heavy jet aircraft

    Laegeler, J.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    TOWING TRACTORS FOR HEAVY JET AIRCRAFT

    LAEGELER, J. C. | SAE Technical Papers | 1960


    Aircraft Towing Tractors

    Judd, T. E. | SAE Technical Papers | 1979


    Aircraft towing tractors

    Judd,T.E. / TM Industries,Salt Lake City,US | Automotive engineering | 1979