Aeronautics and astronautics – Landing field arrangement
Patent
1996-05-30
2000-01-25
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Landing field arrangement
B64F 126
Patent
active
060169966
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for reducing ground erosion caused by impinging hot jets such as the lifting jets of VSTOL aircraft or rockets, said jets emanating from a hot jet nozzle such as a lift engine nozzle or a lift/propulsion engine nozzle, comprising means for introducing a coolant fluid to an impingement surface immediately beneath the turning zone.
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Barefoot Galen L.
British Aerospace PLC
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