Tractor configuration
（重定向自Tractor aircraft）
![Aerotechnik EV97A Eurostar, a tractor configuration aircraft, being pulled into position by its pilot for refuelling.](/Images/godic/202502/17/Aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g-ccmp.arp3058.jpg")
An aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has the engine mounted with the propeller in front of it so that the aircraft is "pulled" through the air, as opposed to the pusher configuration, in which the propeller is behind the engine and "pushes" the aircraft forward.