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7618005 Stealth bomber, transporter, air-to-air fueling tanker, and space plane  
A stealth transporter aircraft having a rhomboid airframe with a dihedral bottom surface and a top surface designed as an airfoil. The rhomboid cross-sectional configuration of the airframe gives...
7448578 Aircraft with forward opening inlay spoilers for yaw control  
An aircraft comprises first and second wings positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis with each of the first and second wings including an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein no...
7419120 Triple-fuselage aircraft and families of aircraft of said type  
A method of air transport includes improved reliability and safety of passengers and cargo transported by an aircraft having three fuselages. The method includes locating a cockpit of the aircraft...
7407132 Method of steering aircraft by moving the stagnation point and aircraft using the method  
An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are...
7249736 Process for landing a tailless aircraft  
A process for landing a tailless aircraft having a nose, wings that produce lift, a nose landing gear with a shock strut, and main landing gear, comprises the steps of allowing the nose landing...
6957792 Lifting arrangement for aircraft fuselages  
A lifting arrangement for aircraft fuselages that consists of placing longitudinal vertical or slanted fins or plates on the lower and lateral lower part of the whole fuselage, said fins forming a...
6948682 Lifting body aircraft and reentry vehicle  
A lifting body aircraft suitable for atmospheric flight and/or as a reentry vehicle. The craft has a substantially flat upper surface, a lower surface with a doubly convex first section and a flat...
6923403 Tailed flying wing aircraft  
The “Tailed Flying Wing Aircraft” idea represents new aerodynamic concepts for large high subsonic aircraft. Large high subsonic aircraft based on these new aerodynamic concepts are having a...
6834832 Aircraft provided with carrying fuselage  
The invention relates to aircrafts, in particular to aircrafts, which are embodied in a passenger, cargo or cargopassenger variants thereby making it possible to improve performance characteristics...
6758439 Apparatuses and methods for attaching engine nacelles to aircraft  
Aircraft engine nacelles and methods for structurally attaching them to aircraft structures, such as aircraft wings. In one embodiment, an aircraft engine nacelle is attached to a wing between a...
6708924 Variable size blended wing body aircraft  
A blended wing body aircraft having a modular body having a body that includes a plurality of laterally-extending body structures. Changes to the cargo capacity of the aircraft is accomplished...
6669142 Lifting arrangement for lateral aircraft surfaces  
Lifting arrangement for lateral aircraft surfaces that consists of numerous lateral flutings, grooves, splines, flutes or riblets parallel to each other, arranged on the lateral surfaces of...
6666406 Blended wing and multiple-body airplane configuration  
A partial blended wing body airplane configuration combining the advantages of a pure blended wing configuration with the advantages of conventional aircraft design. A blended tri-body airplane...
6659394 Compound tilting wing for high lift stability and control of aircraft  
An aircraft including a fuselage, a compound tilting wing (CTW) and aircraft engines mounted on the aircraft. The CTW includes a leading edge wing portion and a tilting main wing portion. The...
6634594 Hypersonic waverider variable leading edge flaps  
A hypersonic aircraft producing a shock wave during hypersonic flight. The shape of the shock wave changes depending upon changes in Mach speed and angle of attack, the latter of which can vary...
6595466 Boarding device for aircraft and flying wings equipped with such a device  
Boarding device for aircraft and flying wings equipped with such a device. The boarding device consists of at least one tunnel ( 20 ) connected to the outside of the aerodynamic shell ( 12 ) of...
6464170 Aircraft and aircraft manufacturing method  
An aircraft and method of manufacture therefor are provided. A fuselage is formed of composite materials and in at least two sections, each section having an integral, internal longeron spanning a...
6446908 Aircraft lift arrangement  
An aircraft lift arrangement that consists of fine fins which are parallel among themselves and slightly curved, arranged attached along the sides of the aircraft fuselage, beginning at the front...
6398158 High altitude low flying platform hull  
A high altitude low flying platform hull, including a laminar flow airfoil, a first slab side, a second slab side, a first fin and a second fin. The laminar flow airfoil has a nose, the nose has a...
6378802 Enhance aerodynamic profile  
The enhanced aerodynamic profile of the invention consists of a profile consisting of three sections: a front or leading edge of two sides or plates forming an acute dihedral angle with the vertex...
6375125 Hybrid composites for oxygen propulsion systems  
The development of polymer composite liquid oxygen (LOX) tanks is a critical step in creating the next generation of launch vehicles. A composite LOX tank will weigh significantly less than...
6341247 Adaptive method to control and optimize aircraft performance  
A measurement-based method to control and optimize the performance of an airborne vehicle. The stability and control of the vehicle is modified to induce a response in the airborne vehicle as...
6227498 Single surface independent aircraft control  
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an aerodynamic control device for integrated use with an aircraft having an inboard lifting member. The inboard lifting member having a...
6179248 Aircraft  
An aircraft is composed of two elongated inflated, flexible tubes diverging from each other from a nose of the aircraft toward a trailing edge. First and second membranes span the upper and lower...
6149101 Aircraft wing and fuselage contours  
A wing in combination with a fuselage having a body which is elongated in the direction of flight, the wing having physical parameters [comprising a wing having a relatively unswept and sharp...
6138946 Device for lift and to reduce resistance to aircraft advance  
The device for lift and to reduce forward resistance of aircraft consists of a converging input duct of truncated-cone-shaped or truncated-pyramid-shaped, arranged lengthwise inside the fuselage...
6129308 Delta-shaped aircraft with variable camber fuselage and wing  
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a variable camber delta-shaped aircraft. The aircraft is provided with an integrated fuselage/wing generally defining the aircraft and...
6098922 Lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having low induced drag  
A lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having low drag at a selected cruise condition. The aircraft includes (a) a lifting fuselage having a cross-section constituting an airfoil in a majority of...
6082668 Aircraft and high speed vehicles  
Improvement to aircraft and high speed vehicles, consisting of setting the vehicle nose in an upward inclination with a flat wall on the bottom which, running from the underside of the fuselage, is...
6076771 System and method for controlling a re-entry vehicle  
A re-entry vehicle includes a flare-stabilized cylindrical body with a center of gravity displaced from a centerline to define a windward side of the body upon re-entry. The body orients at an...
6056238 Supersonic ground vehicle  
A supersonic ground vehicle having a housing configured from a pair of back-to-back symmetric housing components, and a shock-reflecting surface which extends in the direction of travel of the...
D418805 Unmanned multi-mode vertical take off and landing aircraft  
5971321 Body lift airplane assembly  
A body lift airplane assembly including 1) a main air lift body assembly of substantial length and width; 2) a landing gear/wheel assembly retractably connected to the main air lift body assembly;...
5961068 Aerodynamic control effector  
An aerodynamic control system for an aircraft comprises a pair of low-aspect-ratio strakes integral with the fuselage, each of the strakes being substantially co-planar with an associated one of...
5909858 Spanwise transition section for blended wing-body aircraft  
A blended wing-body aircraft includes a central body, a wing, and a transition section which interconnects the body and the wing on each side of the aircraft. The two transition sections are...
5897076 High-efficiency, supersonic aircraft  
A supersonic flight aircraft having a longitudinally forwardly extending fuselage having an axis in the direction of flight, and a wing, and which comprises the wing extending generally laterally...
5893535 Rib for blended wing-body aircraft  
Structural ribs for providing structural support for a structure, such as the pressure cabin of a blended-wing body aircraft. In a first embodiment, the ribs are generally "Y-shaped", being...
5860620 Ram wing vehicle  
A ram wing vehicle comprises a main structure extending between a nose end and a tail end, including an aerodynamic lifting body having an aspect ratio less than approximately 1.0 and extending...
5810284 Aircraft  
This disclosure provides a solar rechargeable aircraft that is inexpensive to produce, is steerable, and can remain airborne almost indefinitely. The preferred aircraft is a span-loaded flying...
5769358 Lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having an elliptical forebody  
An aircraft having an elliptical fuselage and low skin friction drag. The aircraft includes (a) a lifting fuselage having a cross-section constituting an airfoil in a majority of vertical planes...
5730391 Universal fluid-dynamic body for aircraft and watercraft  
A body configuration for improving the fluid-dynamic performance efficiency of aircraft and watercraft comprises a generally conical upper segment (54) and a generally conical lower segment (56)...
5566908 Air-launchable gliding sonobuoy  
An air-launchable gliding sonobuoy store includes a canister enclosing an flatable membranous wing folded in a collapsed state with an electroacoustic system. After launching, the wing inflates and...
5538201 Supersonic natural laminar flow wing  
A reverse delta aerodynamic wing has a basic reverse delta wing portion bounded by a leading edge and by a pair of trailing edges extending from respective ends of said leading edge toward a...
5522566 Fighter aircraft having low aerodynamic drag and low radar signature configuration  
A fighter aircraft achieves low aerodynamic drag and radar signature without sacrificing flight performance through a unique arrangement of the main weapons bay, the auxiliary weapons bays, and the...
5488372 Electronic avoidance configurations  
A method of construction to make military craft and weapons totally invisible to radar and active infra-red by the configuration of exterior surfaces, each surface having that specific surface...
5435502 Flying and road vehicle  
A vehicle will serve as a road vehicle, as well as can be flown. The vehicle has a fuselage and a wing with a fixed span. The aspect ratio is low, allowing the vehicle to be operated on a normal...
5419513 Ancillary aerodynamic structures for an unmanned aerial vehicle having ducted, coaxial counter-rotating rotors  
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a toroidal fuselage and a rotor assembly including counter-rotating rotors coaxially mounted with respect to the toroidal fuselage incorporates ancillary...
5402969 Aircraft structure  
An aircraft structure, such as a glider including a wing having a substantially flat, upper, first surface and a convex, lower, second surface. The wing first and second surfaces converge to a...
5395072 Propellant tank conformal lifting body spacecraft  
A lifting body concept applicable to reusable space launch vehicles in which the propellant tankage is shaped in the form of a closed "vee" made up of intersecting cylindrical segments, and...
5372332 Survivability enhancement air vehicle  
A survivability enhancement air vehicle adapted to be air launched from a launching aircraft has a fuselage with a top half and a bottom half separable from the top half. A first stage rocket...
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