Pettibone Mercury specialized in material handling equipment from 1881 to 1996. The Produced from 1950-1957 Pettibone airtug has been used to move aircraft, baggage carts and the like worldwide at general aviationand military air bases. The company was sold to the A&G manufacturing company in 1996 where aircraft tugs are still manufactured.
The museums Pettibone Mercury A-55 GT AIRTUG was obtained from the FAA in Orlando Florida. It was procured by the FAA through the defense re-utilization management office having been turned in from the McDill Air Force Base in Tampa Florida in 1986. The museum is still searching for prior records but the tug is believed to have been delivered to an Air Force base in Alabama that has since closed.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Pettibone Mercury
- Maximum Speed
- 25 miles per hour
- Weight
- 10760 pounds
- Width
- 5 feet 2 Inches
- Engines
- Ford Mercury 6 cylinder inline 200hp
- Transmission
- 2 speed automatic
- Fuel Capacity
- 10 US gallons fuel bladder
- Towing capacity
- 227000 pounds