Photograph of the Hough Mover, a new piece of equipment designed specifically to load the Boeing 747 aircraft

Title

Photograph of the Hough Mover, a new piece of equipment designed specifically to load the Boeing 747 aircraft

Description

image from page 12 of Wing Tips, Vol. 3, Issue 12, Jan. 1970. Caption reads: "One of tractors for new Jet Age: Pan Am will use three tractors to maneurver the 747 at different airports. The largest weighs 155,000 pounds; the smallest, the Hough, shown here, weighs 108,000 pounds. the tractors are only part of the costly equipment that the changeover to the new age of commercial flying requires."

Creator

Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Date

1970

Type

Still Image

Identifier

asm03410048700012001_HoughMover

Coverage

1970-1979

Files

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Citation

Pan American World Airways, Inc., “Photograph of the Hough Mover, a new piece of equipment designed specifically to load the Boeing 747 aircraft,” UM Libraries Digital Exhibits, accessed April 19, 2024, http://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/items/show/1685.

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