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24 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE MARCH 2016 MAINTENANCE MATTERS A push back tractor then pushes the plane away from the gate area and out to the taxiway. If necessary, the plane is deiced to prepare for take-off. If your battery goes dead on your car or you get a fat tire or the car has some other mechanical failure, you, your passengers, and your possessions aren't going to get where you were going on time. If any of the mechanical touches of a plane's turn fail, just like your car, that plane and those passengers or their luggage aren't going to get to their destinations on time as expected. Our company has about 200 GSE mechanics serving 65 airports. Each knows that any mechanical failure during any one of those 16 touches of an airplane's turn will directly impact the passenger experience. The culture required to be successful is one of quality maintenance done with a sense of urgency (a unique sense that is part of being in the aviation industry). We also must address … The Conundrum Part 3 GSE maintenance is complicated. As an example, each one of the planes must be pushed back from the gate area. Push back tractors come in two styles, conventional and towbarless, and are manufactured by more than 40 companies. Those 70 inbound HII HYD-3865.3 HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9201 Independence Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311 USA (Phone) 818.407.3400 | (Fax) 818.407.3428 www.hiigroup.com Hydraulics International, Inc. Primary use for flling or topping off... Even if your source gas pressure drops below 300-PSI OXYGEN & NITROGEN BOOSTERS Onboard Oxygen Bottles • Struts • Escape Chute High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) • Life Rafts • Tires 2G SERIES Electric Driven • 5000-PSIG rated • 15 SCFM discharge rate • Quiet, only 60 dba • No belts or pulleys • 2-Stage and double acting confgurations INCREASE PROFITS Gas Boosters provide up to 40% MORE FILLS 5G SERIES Air Driven • 5000-PSIG rated • 36 SCFM discharge rate • Portable • Single acting, double acting and 2-stage confgurations • Two (2) bottle hand truck • Fits bottles 9.3" in diameter and 51" in height • Accommodates single / double acting and 2-stage confgurations • Automatic shutoff safety valves HIHPG1 SERIES Air Driven Made in the U.S.A. AviationPros.com/10017435