The Boeing Company

Daniel S Little

Todd Burton Brouwer

Malcolm Scott Bryant

C Byram Bays-Muchmore

Thomas A Zierten

Martin M Withington

Douglas G Miller

Stanley E Tolzmann

Warren D Burggraf

Multi-positional tail skid assemblies and methods for their use. In one embodiment, a multi-positional tail skid assembly includes a skid member and a skid deployment system operably connected to the skid member. The skid member can include a first portion attachable to an aft portion of a fuselage and a second portion movable relative to the aft portion of the fuselage. The second portion can support a skid surface configured to contact a surface of a runway. The skid deployment system can be configured to move the skid surface between first and second positions. When the skid surface is in the first position, the skid surface is closer to the aft portion of the fuselage than when the skid surface is in the second position.

Multi-positional tail skids and associated methods of use

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Daniel S Little