Patent ID: 8366052

Claim:
An air vehicle comprising: a fuselage; at least one inflatable structure, the inflatable structure being inflatable and having an inflation distribution system for distributing one or more compressed fluids into the inflatable structure to inflate the inflatable structure; a detachable inflation system, detachably positioned on an external surface of the fuselage, the detachable inflation system comprising an initial inflation system that provides the one or more compressed fluids and distributes the one or more compressed fluids to the inflation distribution system; a separation system for separating the detachable inflation system from the air vehicle, the separation system comprising one or more releasable interface attachments between the detachable inflation system and the air vehicle; and, a replenishment system positioned in the air vehicle for distributing an additional amount of one or more compressed fluids into the at least one inflatable structure to replace a lost differential pressure.