While pushback tugs may look small and low, they weight up to 54 tons, and can move some of the largest and heaviest aircraft. Conventional tugs use a tow bar that attaches to the nose gear.

Figure 1: Towbars allow for the mechanical coupling between two vehicles for safe movement. Source: DS28/CC BY-SA 4.0 Towbars are used to move anything from disabled vehicles to large aircraft ready ...

The aircraft this past week did not enter US or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said. Russian flights into the ADIZ occur “regularly,” with recent interceptions happening in July and May.

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With the price of some bikes into four figures, drivers are no longer willing to trust tailgate-mounted racks to carry their precious pedals. And lifting a heavy cycle on to a roof-mounted carrier ...

An aircraft made an emergency landing at Bournemouth Airport after one of its engines failed. Emergency crews were called to assist the airport fire service when the private plane arrived at 18:50 ...

(Senior Airman Paige Weldon/Air Force) The Air Force’s last week took possession of its first EA-37B Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft slated for training and operations, flying it into ...

Two people were onboard the glider aircraft which crashed on the A419 near Aston Down airfield A light aircraft has crashed on a key route, sparking multiple road closures. A "glider" was forced ...