Patent ID: 6938854
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage portion configured to carry a payload; a wing portion depending from the fuselage portion, the wing portion having a forward region with a leading edge and an aft region with a trailing edge, the wing portion further having an upper surface and a lower surface; a propulsion system mounted to the wing portion, the propulsion system having at least one generally fixed inlet aperture projecting upwardly from the wing portion upper surface and aft of the wing leading edge, at least one engine positioned aft of the at least one inlet, and at least one exhaust nozzle aft of the at least one engine, with at least a portion of the engine positioned between the wing portion upper surface and the wing portion lower surface; and a canard depending from the fuselage portion.