Towing is defined as you or another repositioning aircraft.

• A. You or another repositions aircraft
• B. During flight operations
• C. During engine start
• D. During taxiing on own power

Answer: (A)

Towing on the ground is about moving an aircraft using external power rather than its own engines. The phrase you’d use for that situation is someone, or another repositioning aircraft, handling the tow to reposition the aircraft on the ramp or apron. This distinguishes towing from other ground or flight activities: it isn’t about operating during flight, it isn’t about starting the engines, and it isn’t about moving under the aircraft’s own power while taxiing. When a tug or tow aircraft is attached and the aircraft is moved by that external force, that’s towing.