Patent ID: 6047923
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B64C,B64D

Abstract:
An aircraft comprising:(a) a plurality of longitudinally extending fuselages sidewardly joined along a common horizontal plane with connecting passages therebetween, said plurality of longitudinally extending fuselages comprising a central fuselage and a pair of side fuselages mounted on opposite sides of said central fuselage;(b) a pair of mutually opposed and spanwise retractable wings secured to and extending outboard of said fuselages;(c) a pair of forwardly mounted canards secured to and extending outboard of said fuselages;(d) a rearwardly mounted tail plane;(e) a pair of engines mounted on said wings outboard of said side fuselages; and(f) a tapered fuel tank between said central fuselage and each of said side fuselages.