27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-5.7ST1

INNOVATIVE AIRPLANE GROUND HANDLING SYSTEM FOR GREEN OPERATIONS

M. Battipede, A. Della Corte, M. Vazzola, D. Tancredi*
Politecnico di Torino, Italy; *West Virginia Univ., USA

Keywords: airport, ground, operations, renewable, energy

The subject of this paper is a next generation aircraft towing system, relying on new technologies. The goals of this work are reducing the emissions in the atmosphere as well as to improve airport operations. The key points of the project are Hydrogen Fuel Cell and unmanned operations.

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