Apparatus for recovering kinectic energy released during landing of an aircraft after contact with the ground, and method

The invention relates to an apparatus (10,14) for recovering the kinetic energy released during landing of an aircraft after contact with the ground, for ground and/or flight operation comprising at least one energy converter (10) for conversion of the kinetic energy into another energy form, where the energy converter is located in the area of the nose landing gear and/or in the area of the main landing gear of the aircraft. According to the invention, at least one energy storage system is provided for receiving and releasing at least a part of the converted kinetic energy.