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  2. Pushback (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    Pushback tug with a towbar on the apron A conventional tractor hooked up to a United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at Denver International Airport. Large aircraft cannot be moved by hand and must have a tractor or tug. Pushback tractors use a low profile design to fit under the aircraft nose.

  3. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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    Pushback tugs can also be used to pull aircraft in various situations, such as to a hangar. Different size tugs are required for different size aircraft. Some tugs use a tow-bar as a connection between the tug and the aircraft, while other tugs lift the nose gear off the ground to make it easier to tow or push.

  4. Airport apron - Wikipedia

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    The apron area of Vienna International Airport Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with jet bridges and a wide range of ground handling equipment around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback tug, catering vehicles, and dollies.

  5. Pushback - Wikipedia

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    Pushback may refer to: Pushback (aviation) , a vehicle for towing airplanes Pushback (migration) , any measure aimed at forcing migrants to return over a border

  6. Aircraft ground handling - Wikipedia

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    Icelandair Boeing 757 being serviced by another airline; SAS at Gardermoen Airport A ground-handling tug pulls a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at Heathrow Airport, England Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback ...

  7. MB-2 tow tractor - Wikipedia

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    The MB-2 tow tractor is an aircraft towing vehicle used by the United States and Allied Air Forces. There are several models of the MB-2 tractor, with weight characteristics between 40,000 and 54,000 lb (18,000 and 24,000 kg).

  8. Towing - Wikipedia

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    Today, tug boats are used to maneuver larger vessels and barges, and offshore and salvage tugs are used to tow unpowered or disabled vessels over long distances. Over thousands of years the maritime field has refined towing to a science. Aircraft can tow other aircraft as well.

  9. Baggage handling system - Wikipedia

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    Baggage being loaded onto the conveyor of an EasyJet Airbus A319 Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipment around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback tug, catering vehicles and dollies.