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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2009
Applicant:
Hoyt A. Fleming, Iii, Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Hoyt A. Fleming, III, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method performed by an aircraft, the aircraft including a wing, aircraft fuel, and a whole-aircraft parachute that is coupled to the aircraft. The method comprises: deploying the whole-aircraft parachute while the aircraft is in flight; and after deploying the parachute, but before the aircraft contacts the earth or any object coupled to the earth, discharging at least a portion of the aircraft fuel from the wing of the aircraft.