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Cletrac in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group. The M2 is a fully tracked vehicle designed to tow aircraft on primitive airfields. It was equipped with a 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) winch with 300 ft (91 m) of 3 ⁄ 8 in (9.5 mm) cable, an auxiliary generator (3 kW at 110 volts DC), and an air compressor (3 stage, 16.7 CFPM, 2,000 PSI)
The firm also built a range of industrial tug trucks for trailer haulage in factories, ports and docks loading ships. [1] The company is most well known for their line of towbarless aircraft pushback tractors. [2] In 2010 the company received the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the categories of Innovation and International Trade.
By 1960, they had developed new, more powerful aircraft tugs, the 70P with 70bhp Perkins engine could tow aircraft up to the weight of the Bristol Britannia, and the new 160L (with 160bhp Leyland O.680 engine) could cope with the Boeing 707 and similar aircraft (i.e., tow the aircraft up a slope of 1 in 40 against a 25knot headwind). [11]
65-ft small harbor tug: 11 65' None (WYTL): This is a class of eleven 65-foot tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking. Entered service in 1961.
Brown also built aircraft tugs (VIG) for the Royal Air Force and for pulling the bomb trolleys used to re-arm aircraft. These tugs are distinctive, with truck like tyres, wrap round body work and HD bumpers front and rear, some being fitted with winches. In 1942 Brown started building a tracklayer version, the DB4.
This category is for aircraft designed to tow gliders, or modified to do so. Pages in category "Glider tugs" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 ...