Vintage 727 Airliner Deployed to Test New Aircraft Towing System

ATS World-Wide, which is developing a permanently-installed towing system for airports, found a "time-capsule" when it purchased a derelict Boeing 727 jet.

ATS World-Wide CEO Vince Howie poses with his company's new acquisition, a formerly-derelict Boeing 727 that it will use to test and demonstrate its permanently installed, automated aircraft towing system. (Photo: ATS)

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By Curt Epstein • Senior Editor

April 23, 2020

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