Ordnance – Bomb – flare and signal dropping – Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
Patent
1976-04-26
1977-03-01
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Bomb, flare and signal dropping
Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
244137R, 294 66R, 294112, F41F 502
Patent
active
040096351
ABSTRACT:
A system suspended from a helicopter is utilized for unrestricted launching f cylindrical bodies and recovering these bodies while they are floating in a horizontal position. The system comprises a cage having a pair of axially separated U-shaped clamps with panels extending from the open portion of the clamps. Pivotable wedgs protrude to the inside of each clamp, allowing a cylindrical body to slip into the cage and be captured. In addition an electrical circuit is connected to bomb shackles in the system for providing the launch capability.
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Getty Paul M.
Munro James M.
Ramstad David L.
Brown David H.
Lall Prithvi C.
McGill Arthur A.
Sciascia Richard S.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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