Magpie Aviation announced a novel new approach to electric airplanes on Monday. Today's battery technology (including CATL's new, more efficient one) severely limits the practicality of zero-emission ...

Ordinarily, airliners have to run their jet engines in order to taxi along the runway – this uses a lot of fuel, plus it generates a lot of carbon emissions. A new in-ground electrical towing system, ...

In the ATS system, the aircraft nosegear sits on a tow dolly on an electric pull car that rides a monorail through a below-ground channel. Credit: Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide Late in 2020, ...

Aircraft carriers, as the name would suggest, often host fighter jets and other military planes and helicopters. The need to accommodate such vehicles is also associated with some unique machines ...

AIRCRAFT TOWING SYSTEMS WORLD WIDE, OK has developed an automated aircraft towing system prototype that uses electric-powered pull car/tow dolly and underground channel system; testing is slated to ...

Russian authorities have flagged the risks of ground towing, pointing out that an average of 15 incidents involving damage to aircraft occur each year in the country. Thirteen aircraft have sustained ...