What is it?

[grandpa Love]

I Googled kitty hawk tug.....all I can find is information on the tugs on the carrier. What the heck is it?

 

[Rodney51Cub]

Just a guess, but I think it is an old airport baggage tug.

 

[300jk]

Just a guess, but I think it is an old airport baggage tug.

I agree. Looks like it was one used to pull the luggage carts.

 

[used red MN]

I Googled kitty hawk tug.....all I can find is information on the tugs on the carrier. What the heck is it?

Have you ever been “wheels up” as in been on a commercial airline flight? If not that might explain your confusion? I suppose you could see such things in movie or TV scenes at airports as well.

 

[Mule Meat]

Flight line tow tractor. Better known as a Clarktor Aircraft Tug.

Used to move jets and baggage carts around airports.

If it were used on the Kitty Hawk. It would be well worth saving.

 

[used red MN]

Flight line tow tractor.

Used to move jets and baggage carts around airports.

If it were used on the Kitty Hawk. It would be well worth saving.

A. The hood logo does not equate military use to me.
B. Where are the common stenciled spray paint placards such as tire pressure. Designation for required fuel by fuel fill, behind rt. front wheel.
Someone would need documentation to convince me this was used on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier.

 

[Mule Meat]

A. The hood logo does not equate military use to me.
B. Where are the common stenciled spray paint placards such as tire pressure. Designation for required fuel by fuel fill, behind rt. front wheel.
Someone would need documentation to convince me this was used on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier.

I know it doesn't have the paint or US government markings for a military machine. Just a rambling on how cool of a collectors item it would be if it were linked to the Kitty Hawk or any other aircraft carrier.

 

[Dingo3]

There was a Kittytrack crawler made in the 60s by Lennox but no where near as robust as that.

 

[grandpa Love]

For all you funny people who said "airplane tug" no kidding?? Really?? I guess you thought you were funny or I was stupid ??? I know what it was used for. I was hoping someone with some knowledge would know what company made it. Almost too much to ask??

 

[chico1]

Much too big and bulky for aircraft carrier use. We use low, nimble tow tractors.

 

[oliverkid]

For all you funny people who said "airplane tug" no kidding?? Really?? I guess you thought you were funny or I was stupid ??? I know what it was used for. I was hoping someone with some knowledge would know what company made it. Almost too much to ask??

You do realize how many different brands of aircraft tugs there have been over the years right? And post WW2 where a final form had become an “industry standard” so to speak, they all pretty much started to look identical no matter who made them. And almost none of them were related to any sort of farm equipment manufacturers by that point, they were all obscure orphans. So without any sort of identification tag yes it is actually a fairly tall order on an antique tractor forum to find someone to identify this thing by brand unless you got lucky enough to have a guy on here who worked around something like this. You really need to get over yourself. None of the replies in this thread even remotely suggested any sort of ill will towards you and you know it.

 

[Sprint 6]

Don't know a brand, but it appears to have a Chrysler industrial engine, so it has to be early 60's or older. If it is military, it should have a data plate that states exactly who made it, and all it's other pertinent info, such as its in service date.

 

[cjunrau]

For all you funny people who said "airplane tug" no kidding?? Really?? I guess you thought you were funny or I was stupid ??? I know what it was used for. I was hoping someone with some knowledge would know what company made it. Almost too much to ask??

the only question you asked was what is it? if I told you an aircraft tug I would have answered that correctly. You could and should have said in your first post, anyone know who made it or what year it may have been made. every reply that I read was info but not slanderous or implying you were stupid. As a matter of fact I do believe 99% of those on this forum have great respect for you and think you are very smart. Not many people I know can take those tractors you keep buying and have them running in ,what? couple hours. I only wish I knew as much about spark and magneto, points and such that you and your wife do.

 

[Ozlander]

Well, you can tell the people who have been around airports and those who haven't.
Almost all airplanes are moved in and out of hangers and/or parked with an airplane tug.

 

[EFV]

Kitty Hawk AirCargo based in Dallas/Ft. Worth was likely last owner. Merger of small airline
and cargo shipper in 1985. Financial troubles all through early 2000's until last flight in 2008.
Clark is most likely manufacturer from pictures or Clark bull jumped a fence at some point. '

 

[J.Wondergem]

Kitty Hawk AirCargo based in Dallas/Ft. Worth was likely last owner. Merger of small airline
and cargo shipper in 1985. Financial troubles all through early 2000's until last flight in 2008.
Clark is most likely manufacturer from pictures or Clark bull jumped a fence at some point. '

He'll call you a funny boy. LOL.

 

[used red MN]

For all you funny people who said "airplane tug" no kidding?? Really?? I guess you thought you were funny or I was stupid ??? I know what it was used for. I was hoping someone with some knowledge would know what company made it. Almost too much to ask??

So if these replies were made on Facebook then they would be funny? You only asked “What is it” not who manufactured it. You think this forum should be bone dry serious and hand you only the facts? Expect what you get and get what you expect! It looks like you can calm down now. By default EFV appears to have given you your “ESP required” answer in reply 15.

 

[Mule Meat]

For all you funny people who said "airplane tug" no kidding?? Really?? I guess you thought you were funny or I was stupid ??? I know what it was used for. I was hoping someone with some knowledge would know what company made it. Almost too much to ask??

Why are your pantys in a bunch?

You ask, "What the heck is it". You DID NOT ask for the manufacturer, model or serial number.

I know it is not a Case VAI-W Aircraft Tug due to the engine is not exposed.. Clark manufactured a lot of different models of aircraft tugs. But I have never saw one with vertical grill openings.. Yet I would put my money on it being a Clark. Most of the data plates on Clarktor aircraft tugs is located on the dash near the steering wheel.. So go look and maybe you will find out what you are looking at exactly..

 

[Andy Wickiser]

I Googled kitty hawk tug.....all I can find is information on the tugs on the carrier. What the heck is it?

Reverse image search yielded Yale G10P40 as once seen on TV Series Mission Impossible. However I have no way of knowing if that's the correct identification, search for Yale G10P40 doesn't turn up much other than pointing back to the same page and pages on modern Yale lift trucks.

Yale G10P40 in "Mission: Impossible"

imcdb.org

https://pics.imcdb.org/13592/yale20400020lb20tug.jpg

 

[Not db4600]

You do realize how many different brands of aircraft tugs there have been over the years right? And post WW2 where a final form had become an “industry standard” so to speak, they all pretty much started to look identical no matter who made them. And almost none of them were related to any sort of farm equipment manufacturers by that point, they were all obscure orphans. So without any sort of identification tag yes it is actually a fairly tall order on an antique tractor forum to find someone to identify this thing by brand unless you got lucky enough to have a guy on here who worked around something like this. You really need to get over yourself. None of the replies in this thread even remotely suggested any sort of ill will towards you and you know it.