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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2012
Christopher Mouskis, Wimborne, GB;
Georgios Filippos Papaioannou, Bournemouth, GB;
Adrian Bedford, Dorchester, GB;
Richard John Foxwell, Christchurch, GB;
James Kemmitt, Ferndown, GB;
Christopher Mouskis, Wimborne, GB;
Georgios Filippos Papaioannou, Bournemouth, GB;
Adrian Bedford, Dorchester, GB;
Richard John Foxwell, Christchurch, GB;
James Kemmitt, Ferndown, GB;
Flight Refuelling Limited Brook Road, Wimborne, Dorset, GB;
Abstract
An air to air refuelling drogue assembly includes a reception coupling and a drogue canopy connected to the reception coupling by connection means which hold the canopy in an operative, drag producing, position relative to the reception coupling during refuelling. The drogue assembly is arranged to controllably fail so as to reduce the drag load produced by the drogue when a drag load on the canopy exceeds a predetermined threshold.