| CPC B64F 1/0297 (2020.01) [B64F 1/025 (2013.01); A62C 3/08 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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1. An emergency aircraft landing system, comprising:
a mobile platform having a flat top surface configured to receive an aircraft landing without deployed landing gear,
a plurality of wheels connected to the mobile platform by a plurality of axles mounted to a frame of the mobile platform,
a propulsion system secured to the frame of the mobile platform configured to accelerate the mobile platform to a speed, wherein the propulsion system is mounted to the frame of the mobile platform without extending above the flat top surface of the mobile platform, and
a securing mechanism configured to activate upon contact with the aircraft and secure the aircraft to the mobile platform during deceleration,
wherein the mobile platform has a long dimension x and a short dimension y, wherein the plurality of wheels have an axis of rotation parallel to the long dimension x.
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