ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,029, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"Aircraft having reverse thrust capabilities" was invented by Herman Lucas Norbert Wiegman (Essex Junction, Vt.), Nathan William Joseph Wiegman (Essex Junction, Vt.), Riley Clinton Griffin (Montpelier, Vt.) and Lochie Ferrier (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft having reverse thrust capabilities, the aircraft includes a fuselage, a plurality of flight components configured to enable the aircraft at a low-speed flight mode, a pilot control, a sensor, an energy source, and a flight controller configured to receive the aircraft datum from the sens...