Author: Karol

Boeing planes have fuel tanks with a capacity of: B-767-200 and B-767-300 – 63,216 liters. B-767-200 ER – 77,412 liters, B-767-300 ER – 91,039 liters, B-787-8 – 124,700 – 126,920 liters, B-787-9 – 138,700 liters. Before the flight, the Boeing B.767 airplane takes an average of 55,000 liters of aviation kerosene into its tanks. More…

Modern airplanes take on board even over 400 passengers and at the same time huge amounts of fuel. At the end of the 1940s, the largest aircraft took no more than several thousand liters of fuel on board. Modern large airplanes, both civil and military, take 180-230 thousand liters of fuel. For example, Antonov An-124…

The name of the platform bus is little known in society. The problem is, when we talk about the airport bus, most people mean the bus that takes you to the airport (airport). We will therefore use the term platform bus. In the 60s, this name was common. In world literature, the term freight bus…

Airport aggregates is a very broad concept. However, in this article we want to present this type of equipment that is located close to the aircraft standing on the stator or in the gate and is used to service the aircraft before and after the flight. And it is a very specialized service; supply of…

At the dawn of aviation, rolling planes, for example from a hangar to an landing area, was not a big problem. There are many archival photos in which several people roll a small plane. As most planes had a tail skid, not a wheel, a trolley was often placed under the tail of the plane…