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8172172 Wing tip docking system for aircraft  
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
8100362 Cockpit and aircraft including such cockpit  
A cockpit and an aircraft including such cockpit. The cockpit includes a front section of an aircraft. Such cockpit includes a pressure bulkhead sealing the section and a pressurization system for...
8061646 Wing tip docking system for aircraft  
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
7967238 Composite air vehicle having a heavier-than-air vehicle tethered to a lighter-than-air vehicle  
A system including a heavier-than-air vehicle (HTA), a lighter-than-air vehicle (LTA), and a tether is disclosed. The tether is coupled between the HTA and the LTA such that the LTA supports the...
7959104 Flying device with improved movement on the ground  
The invention relates to a flying device which can efficiently move in the air by aerodynamic forces and by direct force transmission on the ground, without the need for independent drive and...
7946530 Modular adaptive configured helicopter  
A method and apparatus for a composite helicopter comprising a rotary wing parent vehicle with various modular cabins detachable therefrom to facilitate various configuration aircraft platforms,...
7938358 Roadable aircraft with folding wings and integrated bumpers and lighting  
A low-wing, low-span canard aircraft with a protected pusher-style propeller is designed to transition simply between use in the air and use on the ground, without any mechanical effort on the part...
7931230 Personal land and air vehicle  
A vehicle (1) for riding on land and flying in air comprises: a cabin (2) with wheels (3, 4), the cabin (2) being designed for accommodating at least one person, a rotor (40) having a rotor axle...
7874512 System and method for a flyable and roadable vehicle  
System and method for a flyable and roadable vehicle. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a vehicle capable of air and road travel. The vehicle is adaptable to a flying...
7815144 Ground air water craft  
A vehicle that can operate as either a motorcycle or an autogiro, said vehicle having a flight mode and a motorcycle mode, said vehicle comprising: a frame having a front part and a rear part;a...
7776295 Flying apparatus and method for removing harmful gases from the atmosphere  
An apparatus for removing harmful gas components out of the earth's atmosphere is a free-flying autonomous lightweight aircraft with an onboard gas processing system including gas separation or...
7681832 Ducted fan air vehicle with deployable wings  
A ducted fan air vehicle and method of operation is disclosed for obtaining aerodynamic lift and efficiency in forward flight operation without significantly impacting hover stability. One or more...
7530527 Method and device for launching aerial vehicles  
A heavier-than-air air vehicle, particularly a long endurance, solar powered, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) intended for “perpetual” flight within the stratosphere, is carried to its ope...
7515999 Method and means for piloting control of a forward-moving vehicle  
A method of control and a means for control for a vehicle constructed by temporarily integrating a conventionally controlled motorcycle and a fixed wing flight device. The method includes a means...
7357352 Air vehicle assembly and an associated control system and method  
An air vehicle assembly and a corresponding method for launching an air vehicle assembly are provided, along with corresponding control systems and methods. The air vehicle assembly may include a...
7300019 Multimodal, deployable vehicle  
A multimodal vehicle includes a ground based vehicle with an attached high-capacity airfoil parachute for deployment. The ground based vehicle includes a drive system for use on either land, water...
7281682 Spacecraft and launch system  
A spacecraft system for achieving LEO and beyond includes a lifting body spacecraft, and an acceleration bed unit for accelerating the spacecraft horizontally on a runway to liftoff. The rocket...
7252264 Flying sailboat  
A vehicle adapted for airborne flight and waterborne sailing has a fuselage (20) with left and right wings (52, 54) that pivot independently about a respective longitudinal axis from a generally...
7131613 High-altitude launching of rockets lifted by helium devices and platforms with rotatable wings  
A system is disclosed for lifting a rocket into the upper atmosphere and establishing forward flight at several hundred miles per hour, before the rocket engines are ignited and the rocket is...
7073749 High altitude reconnaissance vehicle  
An airship deployment system comprises an airship of unique shape having laminar flow over this shape to enable low power propulsion, capable remote control, comprising an inflatable body; a...
6978969 Fly-drive vehicle  
A fly-drive vehicle is disclosed including a vehicle body, a motor mounted on the vehicle body, at least one rotor rotatably attached to the vehicle body, a pair of wheels each rotatably attached...
6938852 Flying craft tethered to powered water vehicle  
A flying vehicle assembly apparatus comprises a winged flying craft and a powered craft for propelling the flying craft and a tether assembly comprising one or more first rigid struts having a...
6926226 Composite combination for launching a payload into space  
A composite combination for launching a payload into space including a hypersonic spacecraft carrying the payload and a carrier aircraft, the spacecraft design to take off from the ground on the...
6877690 Combination powered parachute and motorcycle  
A combination powered parachute and motorcycle modifies an initially conventional motorcycle with the addition of various flight components to provide sustained flight for the machine. A peripheral...
6869042 System for airborne launch of an aircraft from a larger carrier aircraft  
A system for launching, refuelling and recovering in flight an aircraft (10) such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a larger carrier aircraft (16) comprising a holder (22) on the carrier...
6848647 METHODS OF BUOYANT AND/OR SEMI-BUOYANT (BASB) VEHICLES UTILIZING BASB IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRESSURIZED FLUID STREAM JET (PJET) AND VARIOUSLY SHAPED BODIES, WINGS, OUTRIGGERS, AND PROPULSION/REPULSION CONFIGURATIONS  
A method wherein a vehicle is capable of movement on or over land, and/or on, over, or under water. Various body, wing, tail, and/or outrigger shapes facilitate movement and develop lift. Buoyancy...
6845937 Survivable and reusable launch vehicle  
A reusable, mach-velocity mobile platform delivers a weapons payload via vertical launch, powerless glide, weapons release, and landing operation phases. The platform includes a generally tubular...
6824095 VSTOL vehicle  
A VSTOL vehicle including a fuselage with two pairs of ducted rotors fully enclosed fore and aft of the fuselage respectively. The fuselage is aerodynamically shaped to generate lift in forward...
6786450 Rapidly-convertible roadable aircraft  
A pusher canard aircraft convertible for road use. Canard outer sections are removable and are stored within the aircraft fuselage and the outer main wing sections rotate horizontally for storage...
6776373 Aircraft escape cabin  
An Aircraft Escape (AEC) is designed for manned atmospheric or space vehicles having a fly away capability at any time during the flight of the parent aircraft. The AEC houses the crew, passengers,...
6745977 Flying car  
A vehicle is in the general shape of a land vehicle, such as a car, but has a plurality of rotors so the vehicle is capable of flight in the manner of a VTOL or a helicopter. The vehicle has foot...
6663045 Method and apparatus for actuating an aircraft nose portion  
A method and apparatus for actuating an aircraft nose portion. The aircraft can have a longitudinal axis and a pitch axis generally transverse to the longitudinal axis. The fuselage can include a...
6641082 Aircraft ferrying system and method thereof  
The invention is a system for ferrying at least one aircraft by a ferrying aircraft, the at least one aircraft and ferrying aircraft having vehicle management systems. In detail, the invention...
6619584 Road/air vehicle  
A road/air vehicle is able to quickly and easily convert between two configurations, air configuration and road configuration, to facilitate practical operation as both an aircraft and as an...
6616092 Reusable flyback rocket booster and method for recovering same  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a rocket booster for launching a payload into space includes a fuselage adapted to support one or more fuel tanks inside the fuselage and a booster...
6615116 Method and apparatus for communicating between an aircraft and an associated store  
A signal conditioning system for translating communications between an aircraft and an associated store includes a store umbilical element that electrically and mechanically couples the aircraft...
6612522 Flyback booster with removable rocket propulsion module  
A flyback booster (200) comprising an aircraft (203) housing a launch vehicle stage as a removable rocket propulsion module (502) and several space launch vehicles using variations of the flyback...
6556895 Method for transfer alignment of an inertial measurement unit in the presence of unknown aircraft measurements delays  
A method for velocity match transfer alignment between a carrier vehicle and a carried vehicle. The method includes repeatedly measuring a velocity difference between the carrier vehicle and the...
6543715 Aerospace system  
An aerospace system, which comprises a carrier aircraft, a launch vehicle and a payload. The launch vehicle with liquid fuel propulsion units is placed inside a fuselage of the carrier aircraft...
6533221 Device for supporting a payload in a launch vehicle of said payload  
The invention concerns a launch vehicle comprising a shroud (1a, 5a) supporting auxiliary propellers (2, 3) applying in operation excess flow of stresses to the shroud (1a, 5a), said device...
6517026 Vertical take-off and landing vehicle for land, water and air transport  
The present invention relates to a vehicle for land and air transport and, more specifically, to a vertical take-off and landing vehicle for land, water and air transport which is submersible and...
6508435 Method for controlling an aerospace system to put a payload into an orbit  
Aerospace technology, in particular, methods for orbital injection of payloads (communication satellites, monitoring satellites, etc.) into low and medium earth orbits with the aid of aerospace...
6457670 Counter rotating ducted fan flying vehicle  
A flying vehicle having a pair of counter rotating propeller blades which provide lift for the vehicle when the vehicle is in a flight mode of operation. The counter rotating blades have in flight...
6446905 Janus reusable spacecraft system  
A reusable spacecraft system having two substantially identically reusable return flight space vehicles, one of which is preferably a booster and the other an orbiter, each of which have identical...
6360994 Configurable space launch system  
A configurable space launch system of multiple different vehicle configurations that use a common reusable spaceplane and cost effective external tanks is presented. Each vehicle configuration in...
6224012 Roadable aircraft combined vehicle for practical use  
A vehicle that combines the freedom and swiftness of flight with the utility of surface travel. A simple, light weight, safe and stable conveyance with positive yaw-roll coupling, special safety...
6193187 Payload carry and launch system  
The reusable space launch system has a first stage vehicle or aerospacecraft, a second stage vehicle or reusable spacecraft and a third stage vehicle or reusable orbit transfercraft. All the stages...
6158693 Recoverable booster stage and recovery method  
A recoverable/reusable booster stage has a restartable center liquid-fueled rocket engine mounted in the aft portion of a vehicle body in alignment with the center axis of the body. The booster...
6142414 Rotor--aerostat composite aircraft  
A composite aircraft comprising an aerostat containing a lighter than air gas, and a rotor assembly mounted to and below the aerostat, via an axle. The aerostat provides buoyancy to lift the weight...
6138943 Foldable ascending/descending wing stand for flying apparatus  
A fordable ascending/descending wing stand for a flying apparatus is disclosed. The wind stand includes a base supported on a car by a number of supporting rods. A frame is mounted on the base,...
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