Landing area for air machines or vehicles comprising extendable reception means

A deployable landing area (1) for forming a temporary deployable landing surface (12) spaced from but supported on a support surface and facilitate landing of an aircraft thereof, the landing area (1) being supported by the support surface (22) of a support (2) which is otherwise unsuited for landing of the aircraft,

• wherein the landing area (1) comprises:
• a plurality of reception elements (10, 11) which are interconnected with one another and, when deployed, form the deployed landing surface (12) which is supported on the support surface (22);
• at least one protective mechanism (20) being supported by the support, and the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) all being retractable and accommodated inside the at least one protective mechanism (20) so as to be completely sheltered from the environment by the at least one protective mechanism (20), and the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) at least partially overlap one another, when retracted inside the at least one protective mechanism (20), so as to facilitate storage of the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) within the at least one protective means (20) in a storage area which is smaller than the deployed landing surface (12);
• at least one mechanical retraction mechanism (24) for the plurality of reception elements, the retraction mechanism facilitates movement and retraction of the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) from the deployed position to the stored position in which each of the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) is completely stored inside the protective mechanism (20) in the at least partially overlapped manner;
• and
• at least one deployment mechanism (25) for deploying the plurality of reception elements (10, 11) from the stored position into the deployed position in which the landing area (1) is supported on the support surface, the deployment mechanism (26) moves and deploys the plurality of reception means (10, 11) from their stored position, inside the at least one protective mechanism (20), to the deployed position in which the landing surface (12) is spaced from but supported on the support surface, and the deployed landing area (1) facilitates landing of the aircraft thereon.