| 摘要 |
An aircraft servicing system 10 includes a tarmac-servicing system 500. The tarmac-servicing system 500 includes an aircraft-mating element 510 that is mounted and extendible from within an area of a tarmac (ie apron, paved area, hardstanding) 502 to couple with an aircraft 504 to supply primary services such as fuel, air, electrical power, water, coolant, potable water, and gray water. A method of servicing the aircraft 504 includes aligning a primary servicing port 512 of the aircraft 504 over a primary servicing area of a tarmac 502. A tarmac-servicing element 510 is then extended out from the tarmac 502 to the aircraft 504 and is aligned and connected to the primary servicing port 512. The primary services are supplied to and removed from the aircraft 504 in response to the tarmac-servicing element connection with the primary servicing port 512. In another system (figs.1-2B), the aircraft docks at a gate (18) of a terminal (14) and has a nose (20) that opens for servicing therethrough. The aircraft may be positioned automatically using machine vision and place robotics. Alternatively, a fuel truck (988, fig.12A) may be used to transfer fuel between a tarmac fuel access site (990) and the aircraft fuelling port (926). |
