Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage, an engine exhaust port extending through the fuselage, an air intake extending through the fuselage forward from, and adjacent to, the engine exhaust port, and an air cleaning assembly positioned over the air intake. The aircraft also includes a pressure recovery device including an outer wall positioned above the air cleaning assembly. A distance from a forward edge of the outer wall to the air cleaning assembly is greater than a distance from an aft edge of the outer wall to the air cleaning assembly. An inlet flow axis is defined normal to a cross-sectional flow area of the pressure recovery device at the forward edge, and is oriented upward at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft.

Abstract: An aircraft has an outer skin defining a contour and an air intake assembly including an air cleaning assembly. The air cleaning assembly includes an exterior surface that conforms to the contour of the aircraft, and a lip secured to the outer skin. The air intake assembly includes a pressure recovery device including a flange secured to the lip of the air cleaning assembly, and also includes an outer wall spaced from the exterior surface of the air cleaning assembly.