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IE SCISSOR-LIFT vehicles Edo Ltd (the Bolton-based manucturer of hydraulic-powered Ihicle bodies) supplies to airies, now use Glasonit grp inels with woven raving conruction made by Technical Nnel Industries Ltd of Haverhill,
Once rub rails and anchor -ips have been fitted, the Glanit panels, cut to size by TPI, n be slotted to the extruded J minium side supports ready
r the fabricated fibreglass roof be fitted.
The white pigmented gel-coat; iish, applied to both the inrnal and external surfaces of e panels, provides a clear and iinterrupted surface for the a pication of the distinctive cor)rate logos adopted by internemai airlines.
The protoype Universal Hi-Lift, ith Glasonit body developed
e Edbro, is based on the shortheelbased Bedford KHL chas
s with the standard cab ounted on a step down frame :tension.
The vehicle thus combines
f fficient ground clearance from 3rmal road use with low idge-over-cab height to sere all types of aircraft from 29 and BAC 1-11 up to jumbo Is.