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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);
Inventors:
Andreas H. von Flotow, Hood River, OR (US);
Corydon C. Roeseler, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/029 (2020.01); B64F 1/0295 (2020.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01); B64C 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotorcraft-assisted system for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft into and from free flight. The launch and retrieval system is usable with a rotorcraft to launch a fixed-wing aircraft into free, wing-borne flight and to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from free, wing-borne flight.