Title: Flight training assembly

Abstract: A flight training assembly is disclosed comprising an airplane having pilot operable flight controls, a truck for propelling the airplane at a speed sufficient to achieve lift of the airplane, and a boom structure interconnecting the airplane and truck. One end of the boom is interconnected with the truck for pivotal movement relative thereto about horizontal and vertical axes, and the other end of the boom is interconnected with the airplane at the center of gravity thereof by means of a spherical bearing assembly. Pivotal movements of the airplane relative to the boom and of the boom relative to the truck are limited.

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Inventors: Bede, James R.

Application Number: 654984
Filing Date: 1976-02-03
Publication_date: 1976-11-16
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Primary Class(es): 434/37 244/2, 472/130
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US Patent Ref:

1910655	May, 1933	Traver	272/1.
1912174	May, 1933	Bisch	272/41.
1927938	Sep, 1933	Huffman	272/1.
2362190	Nov, 1944	Cortes	272/36.
3304549	Feb, 1967	Aiken	40/52.
3818613	Jun, 1974	Julian et al.	35/12.

Other Refs: 443,998

Feb, 1968	CH

Primary Examiner: Pinkham, Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Hum, Vance Y.
Attorney: Meyer, Tilberry & Body