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Altalia And WheelTug Sign Electric Taxiing Partnership
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The WheelTug system allows aircraft to taxi both forwards - without the use of main engines - and backwards - without the use of a tow tug.
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Rome 25 April 2012 - Alitalia and WheelTug today announced the signing of a partnership to introduce an innovative electric drive system for taxiing the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.
The patented WheelTug electric drive system consists of an electric motor - called "Chorus" - installed in the aircraft nose wheels and powered by the APU (Auxiliary Power Unit), the auxiliary engine installed in the tail of aircraft which provides energy to the on-board systems when the main engines are...
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