Aircraft dolly

A dolly for positioning under a landing gear of an aircraft for transporting the aircraft, comprising:

• a frame including a pair of beams that are substantially parallel to each other, said pair of beams being unitary with and separated by a platform, each of said pair of beams including a wall that extends upwardly from said platform that joins to a top portion of the beam extending horizontally from the wall that extends upwardly, said platform and pair of beams defining a channel for movement of an aircraft tire into the channel and onto the platform;
• a plurality of casters mounted to each of said pair of beams at an underside of the respective top portion;
• each castor on each beam separated from an adjacent castor by an upright gusset welded to top portion and to the wall that extends upwardly from said platform;
• wherein the platform comprising a pair of flat horizontally extending plates spanning between the pair of beams, the pair of flat horizontally extending plates separated from each other;
• a ramp attached at the rearward edge of the platform.

A dolly for positioning under a landing gear of an aircraft for transporting the aircraft, comprising:

• a frame including a pair of beams that are substantially parallel to each other, said pair of beams being unitary with and separated by a platform, each of said pair of beams including a wall that extends upwardly from said platform that joins to a top portion of the beam extending horizontally from the wall that extends upwardly, said platform and pair of beams defining a channel for movement of an aircraft tire into the channel and onto the platform;
• a plurality of wheels mounted to each of said pair of beams at an underside of the respective top portion;
• the platform comprising a flat horizontally extending plate spanning between the pir of beams, the flat horizontally extending plate having a rearward edge positioned at a location displaced forwardly from a rearward end of the dolly;
• a ramp attached at the rearward edge of the flat horizontal plate platform, wherein the ramp is displaced forwardly from the rearward end of the dolly whereby there is a rearward void without a platform between the pair of beams.