General Electric Company

Melanie Zoe Cox

Brian Francis Nestico

Keith Edward James Blodgett

Martin Kenneth Gabel

A thrust reverser assembly and a method of operating an aircraft during a taxi mode of operation are provided. The thrust reverser assembly includes one or more actuator assemblies configured to modulate a position of a moveable portion over a continuous range of travel between a fully stowed position and a fully deployed position, such that an air flow through said thrust reverser bleed passage is correspondingly varied. The thrust reverser assembly also includes a throttle device that includes a first, ground idle power level position and a second, forward thrust mode position. Movement into the second position may be actuated separately and differently from movement into the first position. An actuator intermediate lock may inhibit actuation of the intermediate forward thrust mode of operation until a plurality of preconditions is met.

System and method of operating a ducted fan propulsion system during aircraft taxi

Thrust reverser assemblies and a method of operating an aircraft during a landing approach mode of operation are provided. The thrust reverser assembly includes a moveable portion that is moveable over a continuous range of travel between a fully stowed position and a fully deployed position. Movement away from the fully stowed position opens a bleed passage. An actuator assembly coupled to the moveable portion is operable in an intermediate forward thrust mode to modulate a position of the moveable portion along the continuous range of travel, such that an air flow through the bleed passage is correspondingly varied. A throttle device includes a first position associated with deployment of, and a second position associated with engagement of, the intermediate forward thrust mode of operation. A drag flap assembly may extend from the bleed passage during the intermediate forward thrust mode of operation.

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Liberty Township, OH, United States of America

Melanie Zoe Cox