Light aircraft parking system - has hanger with rails for electric tractor to tow aircraft in with nose-wheels retracted

摘要

Light aircraft or gliders can be parked so that the hose of one machine fits underneath the wing of the machine in front. This method of parking can be used when the aircraft have tricycle undercarriages with retractable nose-wheels. The nose-wheel is retracted and the aircraft (12-15) towed into the hangar by an electric tractor which runs on the rails (18-22). The first aircraft is parked with its fuselage inclined to the axis of the hangar and with its tail in the air. The next aircraft is then parked with its nose underneath the wind of the first aircraft. The procedure is then repeated with the remaining aircraft.