Patent ID: 8485468

Claim:
An apparatus for take-off, landing and taxiing of an aircraft without an undercarriage system or with retracted undercarriage, wherein the apparatus comprises: a ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ), the speed of which can be matched to the speed of the aircraft when landing, a slide system comprising a driven slide ( 7 ) including a trolley ( 9 ) to which a ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ) may be releasably connected; wherein the ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ) is releasably connected to the slide system, which can be driven in a direction of movement of the driven slide, the ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ) has at least two coupling means, which are configured to couple with the aircraft ( 4 ) on the ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ), the ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ) is configured to move along the slide system transversally to the direction of movement of the slide system to match the ground-based undercarriage ( 10 ) to the position of the aircraft ( 4 ) for coupling.