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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Insitu, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Bingen, WA (US);
Benjamin T. Brown, Hood River, OR (US);
Alice E. Fockele, Portland, OR (US);
Jesse D. Kiewit, Bingen, WA (US);
Jacob S. Allen, Hood River, OR (US);
John R. Wong, Klickitat, WA (US);
Kelly A. Comstock, Carson, WA (US);
Daniel L. Shaw, White Salmon, WA (US);
INSITU, INC. (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY), Bingen, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover an aircraft includes a mast extending from a base, a boom extending from the mast at a first end of the boom to a second end of the boom opposite the first end, a tether line extending between the mast to the base and guided by the boom, a portion of the tether line extending between the second end of the boom and the base, and a mount to operatively coupled the a kite to the tether line, the kite to support the tether line as the aircraft contacts the portion for recovery thereof.