US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Aircraft tow system with forward thrust gain" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,799, issued on June 17.

"Aircraft tow system with forward thrust gain" was invented by Doron Appelboim (Snoqualmie, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various apparatus and techniques for implementing unmanned, autonomous, cargo transport are disclosed. In certain instances, at least one towed aircraft is coupled to a tractor aircraft for inflight towing. The towed aircraft may be coupled using a towing element. In various instances, the towed aircraft includes one or more lift generating surfaces on its wings. The lift generating surfaces may be positioned at specific attack angles in the wake turbulence of the tractor aircraft to...