Aircraft landing system

Claim 1

AN EMERGENCY LANDING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT OR THE LIKE COMPRISING GROUND TRACTION VEHICLE MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A CRAFT CAPABLE OF BEING PROPELLED ABOVE THE GROUND, VEHICLE PROPELLING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE MEANS FOR PROPULSION THEREOF AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE APPROACHING SPEED OF SAID CRAFT, CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PROPELLED MEANS FOR REDUCING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE MEANS TO RECEIVE AN APPROACHING CRAFT THEREOKN WITH RELATIVE MOVEMENT APPROACHING ZERO, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO RECEPTION OF SAID CRAFT ON THE VEHICLE MEANS AS SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT APPROACHES ZERO FOR CLAMPING THE CRAFT TO THE VEHICLE MEANS, SAID PROPELLING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REACTION ENGINES MOUNTED REARWARDLY OF SAID VEHICLE MEANS, SAID VEHICLE MEANS COMPRISING SHOCK ABSORBING FRAME MEANS, DIRIGIBLE WHEEL MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME MEANS FOR GROUND SUPPORT THEREOF AND SIGHTING GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED FORWARDLY OF THE FRAME MEANS, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING IGNITION MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID REACTION ENGINES FOR STARTING THEREOF TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE MEANS TO SAID SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE APPROACHING CRAFT, POWER OPERATED BRAKE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DIRIGIBLE WHEEL MEANS FOR VEHICLE GUIDANCE AND RETARDATION, AND REMOTE CONTROLLED MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE IGNITION MEANS AND THE POWER OPERATED BRAKE MEANS FOR RESPECTIVE CONTROL THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIVE POSITIONS AND SPEEDS OF THE VEHICLE MEANS AND THE APPROACHING CRAFT TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE MEANS AND THE SPEED OF THE APPROACHING CRAFT PRIOR TO CLAMPING THEREOF ON THE VEHICLE MEANS, SAID MEANS FOR CLAMPING THE CRAFT TO THE VEHICLE MEANS COMPRISING, CRAFT ENGAGING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE MEANS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED CONDITION AND A CRAFT CLAMPING CONDITION, POWER OPERATED MEANS RENDERED OPERATIVE TO IMPART MOVEMENT TO THE CRAFT ENGAGING MEANS, AND CRAFT SENSING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE MEANS ADJACENT SAID SIGHTING GUIDE MEANS TO RENDER SAID POWER OPERATED MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN YIELDABLY DISPLACED BY THE APPROACHING CRAFT IN PROPER POSITION ON THE VEHICLE MEANS.