GB555700A - A protection shield for aircraft - Google Patents

A protection shield for aircraft

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Publication number
GB555700A
GB555700A GB91942A GB91942A GB555700A GB 555700 A GB555700 A GB 555700A GB 91942 A GB91942 A GB 91942A GB 91942 A GB91942 A GB 91942A GB 555700 A GB555700 A GB 555700A
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Prior art keywords
aircraft
shield
fuselage
springs
openings
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GB91942A
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PHILIP SCIORTINO
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PHILIP SCIORTINO
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Priority to GB91942A priority Critical patent/GB555700A/en
Publication of GB555700A publication Critical patent/GB555700A/en
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/18—Spars; Ribs; Stringers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Tires In General (AREA)

Abstract

555,700. Armour for aircraft. SCIORTINO, P. Jan. 22, 1942, No. 919. [Classes 4 and 113 (ii)] A light-weight shield 13 for protecting an aircraft from attack from a lower elevation is substantially triangular and of such dimensions as to protect the whole of the fuselage 11. The shield may have a convex front 14 and straight or convex sides, and it may consist of a single or composite plate of aluminium or like metal or alloy, with or without an under or intermediate layer of rubber or like resilient material, or a pair of plates 13 b may be connected by springs 20. The shield may be suspended from the fuselage 11 and/or the wings 12 by rigid rods 15 and/or springs 16, and it may have openings 22 for observation purposes or to accommodate the landing wheels, and such openings may be fitted with doors or shutters. The shield may have a chamber to carry bombs or other releasable missiles, and it may be arranged horizontally or with a slight inclination so as to assist in supporting the aircraft.
GB91942A 1942-01-22 1942-01-22 A protection shield for aircraft Expired GB555700A (en)

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5582365A (en) * 1994-10-14 1996-12-10 Lockheed Corporation Foreign object deflector for protecting equipment on the lower fuselage of an aircraft
US5747721A (en) * 1997-02-20 1998-05-05 Creative Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Ballistic shield
US6523450B1 (en) * 2000-09-20 2003-02-25 Arthur Schreiber Exterior armor for use on bottom of helicopter
EP1544104A1 (en) * 2003-12-19 2005-06-22 Airbus France Aircraft nose with shield
WO2009008761A1 (en) * 2007-07-11 2009-01-15 'opytno-Konstruktorskoe Bjuro Im. A.S. Yakovleva' Light multipurpose aircraft
US8210476B2 (en) 2009-06-18 2012-07-03 Garold Toews Kit for modifying a strut of an aircraft with an aerodynamic cover

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5582365A (en) * 1994-10-14 1996-12-10 Lockheed Corporation Foreign object deflector for protecting equipment on the lower fuselage of an aircraft
US5747721A (en) * 1997-02-20 1998-05-05 Creative Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. Ballistic shield
US6523450B1 (en) * 2000-09-20 2003-02-25 Arthur Schreiber Exterior armor for use on bottom of helicopter
EP1544104A1 (en) * 2003-12-19 2005-06-22 Airbus France Aircraft nose with shield
FR2864020A1 (en) * 2003-12-19 2005-06-24 Airbus France AIRCRAFT NOSE WITH SHIELD
US7384015B2 (en) 2003-12-19 2008-06-10 Airbus France Sa Aircraft nose with shield
WO2009008761A1 (en) * 2007-07-11 2009-01-15 'opytno-Konstruktorskoe Bjuro Im. A.S. Yakovleva' Light multipurpose aircraft
EA012494B1 (en) * 2007-07-11 2009-10-30 Открытое Акционерное Общество "Опытно-Конструкторское Бюро Им. А.С. Яковлева" Light multipurpose aircraft
US8210476B2 (en) 2009-06-18 2012-07-03 Garold Toews Kit for modifying a strut of an aircraft with an aerodynamic cover

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