Towing vehicle for aircraft

摘要

The invention relates to an aircraft towing vehicle, comprising a lifting and a locking device (5) for the nose landing gear of the aircraft being towed, which device has two support elements (9) which reach behind the nose wheels and can be displaced along straight-line guiding rails (15) by means of a linear drive (11) so as to pull the nose wheels of the aircraft onto a lifting platform (7) and to lock it into place thereon. At the end of each guiding rail (15), the invention provides for a guiding pin (29) which, in cooperation with a guiding track (31, 31') embodied in the support element, controls the rotation of said support elements into a release position in which the nose landing gear is able to pass through or, by a reverse movement, the rotation of the support elements into the operating position in which said support elements reach behind the nose landing gear.