Title: Agriculture spray plane

Abstract: An improved agricultural spray plane of the biplane type, the improvement including a pair of spray booms mounted on each of the lower wings and defining the trailing edge of each of the wings for substantially the entire length of the wings. A spoiler is mounted on the upper surface of each of the lower wings forward of the spray booms to compensate for the elimination of ailerons found on conventional biplanes. Each of the upper wings include an aileron and apparatus for simultaneously controlling ailerons and spoilers is also provided.

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Inventors: Wilson, Weldon D. (Boise, ID)

Application Number: 06/095778
Filing Date: 1979-11-19
Publication_date: 1981-07-14
Assignee: EAGLE AIRCRAFT CO

Primary Class(es): 244/136 239/171
Other Classes: B64D1/18; B64D1/00; B64D1/18
US Patent Ref:

1280195	October, 1918	Eaton	244/90R
1336977	April, 1920	Morse	244/90R	Aeroplane control
1830931	November, 1931	Congdon	244/90R	Airplane
2000666	May, 1935	Osborn et al.	244/90R	Aircraft
2426771	September, 1947	Harp	244/136	Airplane mounted fire extinguishing apparatus
2549044	April, 1951	Ashkenas et al.	244/90A	Roll control
2772061	November, 1956	Sellers	244/136	Apparatus for disseminating insecticides
2812913	November, 1957	Nissen	244/136	Dust spreading mechanism for crop dusting airplanes
3204895	September, 1965	Razak	244/136	Aerial material distributing method and apparatus
3887129	June, 1975	Brown	239/171	Accessory attachment for a vehicle used for fluid spraying of vegetation
3933309	January, 1976	Odegaard	244/136	Spray boom

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Primary Examiner: Barefoot, Galen L.
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Attorney: Horton, Paul F.

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