Abstract: A connecting mechanism for an airplane passenger bridge. The cabin of the passenger bridge can be connected with an aircraft, and can be placed against the aircraft by means of a circumferential seal which extends completely around the door of the aircraft. The cabin has a bottom which can be tilted about an essentially horizontal axis. The bottom of the cabin includes two different sections. The outer section faces the aircraft, can be horizontally positioned, and is embodied as an inclinable floor having a pivot axis disposed in the direction in which passengers walk. The inner section is rigidly embodied. Those ends of each of the two bottom sections which face one another are respectively provided with a triangular transition ramp which can be folded over, into or counter to the direction in which the passengers walk, about an axis which is parallel to the pertaining walking surface.

Abstract: A store ejection apparatus having fluid energy accumulator means for receiving a fluid charge during system pressurization for subsequent supplying of the fluid charge to the ejectors during the ejection of a store.

Abstract: The invention is a leading edge flap and boundary layer control system for an aircraft wing having a substantially sharp leading edge. The system comprises the wing 10 incorporating a spanwise slot 26 having front and rear guide walls 28, 30. A guide member 44 is rotatably mounted in the wind movable from a retracted position to an extended position. A flap segment 54 is rotatably mounted to the guide member 44 and is movable from a retracted position to an extended position in conjunction with the guide member 44. The flap segment incorporates an aerodynamic surface adapted to form an aerodynamic extension of the leading edge 16 of the wing 10 and, furthermore, cooperating with the guide member 44 to form a smooth transition inlet to the front guide wall 28 of the slot 26. Actuators 66, 72 are provided to actuate the guide member 44 and flap segment 54 from their retracted positions to their extended positions.

Abstract: A reefing system to delay the development of a parachute wing is disclosed. single line system in conjunction with a slider and a two line system are described.

Abstract: An adapter for existing tow bars or spotting dollies to tow aircraft having on-conventional landing gears has a vertical member which is dimensioned to fit into a socket mounted in the bottom of the aircraft in the vicinity of the nose or tail. A structural cross member, integral with the bottom of the vertical member, has holes in the ends which receive the axle pins located at the ends of the tow bar arms or the lifting arms of the spotting dolly.