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4986493 |
Convertible fixed wing aircraft
A fixed wing aircraft that can be converted to an automotive vehicle, comprising a generally rectangular planform fuselage having four wheels as in conventional automobile practice, and a...
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4984754 |
Heli-hover amphibious surface effect vehicle
A heli-hover amphibious craft which includes a main hover craft fuselage body structure including a single hull provided with a deck. The hull is defined by a compartmental under base cavity...
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4961989 |
Fire-resisting material
A coherent fire-resisting flexible sheet material for aerospace applications is provided consisting of a layer of ceramic fibers embedded in a silicone rubber compound. The ceramic fibers may be in...
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4934629 |
Rescue vehicle
A rescue craft includes a self-propelled car or elevator type of flying machine for rescuing persons from high-rise buildings, during fires, or other emergencies. The craft is powered by fan-jet...
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4917329 |
Aerial aircraft carrier
An aerial aircraft carrier is disclosed having a first and a second shuttlecraft that have a cantilever fluselage extending between the first and second shuttlecraft. The cantilever fuselage is...
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4913375 |
Vehicle for use on land, air, or water
A vehicle usable in the air, on water, or on ground is described. Outer wing portions are connected to a central portion by a mechanism which allows the outer wing portions to pivot about first...
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4901945 |
Hybrid wing assembly
A hybrid wing assembly is made up of a load supporting center frame with laterally outwardly extending, articulated, wing sections. A parafoil is attached to the wing sections by flexible lines in...
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4899954 |
Ground-air-water craft
A ground-air-water craft comprises a fuselage body with a passenger compartment mounted thereon, a box-type main wing connected to the fuselage and extending outwardly on both sides thereof, the...
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4883015 |
End plate for a ram-wing boat
An end plate is provided for a ram-wing boat having two airfoils (7-8) and (7a-8a), in the form of ailettes, disposed at a distance from each other and in tandem at approximately the same height,...
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4881701 |
Combination automobile and airplane
A convertible airplane to automobile and visa versa, having a fuselage and three wings, including a forward canard wing, a foldable main wing and a secondary lift wing. The foldable wing is capable...
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4865275 |
Land, water and air craft
A multi-media craft particularly designed and constructed for efficient and economical utilization on land, water and in the air and comprising a light weight body constructed in modular form for...
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4856732 |
Airborne vehicle with hydraulic drive and control
An airborne craft with at least four propellers arranged in a front propeller pair and a rear propeller pair having substantial vertical or forwardly inclined axes has hydraulic motors which drive...
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4842220 |
Apparatus for moving an aircraft
An aircraft carrier (1) is provided that can be moved by the thrust of the aircraft (2) positioned on the carrier (1). The carrier (1) comprises a steering system that is powered by the nosewheel...
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4836470 |
Aerospace vehicle having multiple propulsion systems on a relatively rotatable flying wing
An aerospace vehicle having multiple propulsion systems on a relatively rotatable flying wing capable of takeoff and subsequent landing with intermediate space flight in the manner of a...
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4834324 |
Multiconfiguration reusable space transportation system
A space transporation system comprises several different modular units usable in a plurality of different configurations for different payloads and space missions. The units include a first stage...
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4832288 |
Recovery system
A recovery system for decelerating/stabilizing and protecting space vehicles, boosters, astronauts, equipment and like payloads, including a paracanopy defined by a frusto-conical flexible...
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4824047 |
Hang glider launch vehicle
A lightweight, low cost, powered launch vehicle for carrying a hang glider aloft and releasing the glider for free flight provides an integral glider support frame for positioning the glider in...
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4802639 |
Horizontal-takeoff transatmospheric launch system
This invention is directed toward providing a transatmospheric launch system that is essentially totally reusable, provides wide flexibility in choice of orbit, and may be launched quickly on short...
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4757959 |
Method and arrangement for providing safe vertical landing of airplanes and extrinsically supported zero-run takeoff of airplanes
The invention is directed to a method and arrangement for providing safe vertical landing of airplanes, which are not provided with VTOL equipment or which are hindered with respect to their actual...
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4709883 |
Launch and ascent system
This invention uses magnetic levitation in combination with magnetic propulsion (MAGLEV) to accelerate an aircraft of spacecraft--or both crafts as a coupled unit--from standstill along a guideway...
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4695012 |
Aerial load-lifting system
An aerial load-lifting system including a lighter-than-air unit, such as a blimp, below which is suspended a powered heavier-than-air unit, such as a helicopter, for example. The latter unit...
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D291555 |
Two-stage spacecraft with collapsible wings
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4678141 |
Aircraft launcher and retriever
A composite VTOL vehicle comprising a VTOL carrier with outboard mounted engines and an aircraft which is lifted off and retrieved by the carrier.
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4651952 |
Emergency aircraft system
A turbojet aircraft has a fuselage pod in which all fuel is stored for engines also linked to the pod. The pod and engines can be jettisoned in flight to improve aircraft performance in the event...
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4634080 |
Parafoil vertical lift mechanism
The invention is an improved method and device for utilizing the principles of lift achieved through the dynamic physics of the airfoil. In the case of the present invention, the airfoil utilized...
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4627585 |
Pusher type auto-plane
An improved auto-plane has been invented which has been adapted for air travel and road travel using a Pusher type design. The present invention auto-plane has two main wings which are cut...
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4591112 |
Vectored thrust airship
An airship with provisions for vectored thrust provided by a plurality of controllable pitch rotor thrust producing units attached to the elongated aerostat hull spaced from and on opposite sides...
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4579297 |
Air, land and sea vehicle
Air, Land and Sea vehicle is convertible between aircraft form, road vehicle form and boat form. The conversion between aircraft form and road vehicle forms having (4) four tires as an automobile...
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4505346 |
Rolling vehicle
A rolling vehicle having a generally spherical cage-like body with a diametrical axle on which a pod is suspended within the cage structure. The pod contains a propulsion unit which provides thrust...
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4462560 |
Airplane take-off system
This invention provides a system for launching aircraft into free flight regime regardless of runway conditions, wherein a sled of the self-powered air cushion vehicle type is configured in plan...
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4451017 |
Three stage rocket vehicle with parallel staging
A three stage rocket vehicle (11) having a large forward propellant tank (12) and a small aft propellant tank (13) axially aligned. Secured to the rear end of the aft propellant tank (13) is an...
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4417706 |
Flying wing driven by an earthbound machine
A flying craft which is pushed by a surface vehicle which follows the flying craft is disclosed. The craft includes a winged body which is connected by an elongated push pole to a ground engaging...
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4379533 |
Transport airplane
An airplane features one basic airframe capable of carrying passengers or cargo such as intermodal containers or vehicles. It consists of a basic structure containing the cockpit, wings, engines...
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4375280 |
Free wing flyer
A flying device capable of carrying man, which contains a wing, a fuselage, and means such as cables for attaching the wing to the fuselage so that the fuselage is suspended below the wing. The...
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4366936 |
Aircraft having buoyant gas balloon
An airship is provided utilizing a spherical balloon filled with buoyant gas such as helium at a pressure substantially greater than atmospheric so that its dimensions are substantially unaffected...
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4358072 |
Land vehicle and aircraft combination
A combination road and air vehicle having separate engines for each craft is disclosed. The aircraft has an air frame with wings and tail elements attached to a fuselage with a tricycle landing...
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4296892 |
Spherical living module or space
A substantially spherical human living module or space has a plurality of pontoons projecting from its lower hemisphere. It is preferably arranged to be self-propelled, as a vehicle, and the...
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4269374 |
Combined road vehicle and aircraft
The apparatus is convertible between road vehicle and aircraft forms having wing and tail assemblies as well as propelling structure that are movable outwardly for the flying form and movable...
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4267987 |
Helicopter airborne load systems and composite aircraft configurations
This invention pertains to helicopter airborne load systems and composite aircraft configurations. The composite aircraft configurations are designed to allow a fixed wing aircraft to take off and...
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4265416 |
Orbiter/launch system
An orbit vehicle launch system including reusable turbojet propelled booster vehicles releasably connected to a reusable rocket powered orbit vehicle. The coupled orbiter-booster combination takes...
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4173321 |
Vehicle for traveling in the air and on the ground equipped with hydraulically driven propellers
A vehicle for traveling in the air and on the ground is equipped with two, four, or eight propellers on vertical shafts, each driven by a rotary hydraulic motor of the radial-piston type. The motor...
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4171784 |
Combination road and air vehicle having a lowerable chassis
A vehicle for traveling in the air and/or on the ground is equipped with two, four, or eight propellers on vertical shafts, each driven by a rotary hydraulic motor of the radial-piston type. The...
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4165846 |
Convertible airplane
A land-, air- and water-vehicle comprising a rolling, floatable and steerable fuselage, the roof-hinged doors of which serve as its wings, and which fuselage's lateral and rear portions are...
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4154254 |
Automobile protector
A cover which may be removably installed over a vehicle including a shroud mounted on an umbrella-like frame which fits in close relationship to a vehicle to be covered. The frame may include a...
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4114837 |
Air transport and lifting vehicle
An air lifting vehicle includes, inter alia, a main frame containing an engine, a helicopter-type rotor driven by the engine, a rear located propeller which provides torque compensation for the...
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4068810 |
Combination motorcycle and hang-glider
A combination motorcycle and hang-glider comprising a triangular wing formed by a flexible sheet material affixed to a trifurcated frame structure which is pivotally attached to a vehicle, such as...
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4050653 |
Balloon
A balloon has an airfoil-shaped member connected to its top surface. The airfoil-shaped member has a top curved skin with a plurality of parallelly-spaced partitions which form therebetween a...
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4027835 |
Airplane
An airplane which is universally adaptable to land on any type of flat surface, such as water, snow, ice, as well as land. The landing pods of the aircraft include a wheel with a V-shaped ski...
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4022403 |
Convertible aircraft
An aircraft that is designed to additionally be able to travel along a railroad track so that it can get into a heart of a city, instead of terminating at an airport located some distance away from...
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4007892 |
Aircraft flight method and apparatus for boosting an aircraft to a very high altitude and thereafter boosting the aircraft to a high rate of forward speed
This invention relates to a method and apparatus whereby functioning airborne conventional aircraft and engine combinations may be assisted during flight in attaining above normal airspeeds and/or...
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