Landing pad and hangar structure for vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

摘要

A landing pad and hangar structure for an aircraft, e.g. a helicopter (8) attachable particularly to the deck (6) of a ship (2) comprises an enclosure (10) including a framework (15), side walls and a plurality of panels (16) supported at the top of the side walls and slidable horizontally to an inner retracted position closing the enclosure (10) or to an outer extended position opening the enclosure (10) and extending laterally past the side walls. A lifting platform (30) is movable vertically between a lower position within the enclosure (10) and an upper position horizontally aligned with the plane of the panels (16). When the lifting platform (30) is in its upper position, it, together with some of the panels (16) in their outer extended positions, constitutes an enlarged-area pad for the helicopter (8) to land or take-off; and when the lifting platform (30) is in its lower position it permits the helicopter (8) parked thereon to be stored within the enclosure (10) with the slidable panels (16) in their inner positions closing the enclosure (10) and providing a smaller area pad for another helicopter to land, if needed.