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Shipboard air vehicle retrieval apparatus

  • US 4,753,400 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1987
  • Issued: 06/28/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An air vehicle retrieval apparatus for use aboard a ship comprising:

  • (a) a deployable lifting means to travel vertically upwardly above the ship therebelow;

    (b) a tow line means attached with respect to the ship therebelow and attached to said deployable lifting means traveling thereabove;

    (c) a stanchion means secured with respect to the ship and further including a guide means thereon adapted to receive said tow line means extended therethrough for guiding positioning thereof; and

    (d) a capturing means secured to said tow line means above said stanchion means and below said deployable lifting means to be adapted to be carried airborn, said capturing means being further adapted to receive an air vehicle therein for safe capture and retrieval thereof.

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