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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
James W Schofield, Sherborne, GB;
Assignee:
Westland plc, Yeovil, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ; F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-1801 ; 89-1804 ; 89-1805 ; 89-1815 ;
Abstract
A helicopter (10) has a fuselage (11) provided with storage means (19, 20, 24) for storing a plurality of missiles (16) longitudinally of the fuselage, reloadable turret means (17) beneath the fuselage for movement in azimuth and elevation and transfer means (20b, 21) for transferring a missile from the storage means to the turret means. In the illustrated embodiment the missiles are stored externally of generally vertical side walls (13) and a lower generally horizontal wall (14) of the fuselage and fairings (39) are provided to protect the externally mounted missiles.