Patent ID: 7318566
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: B64C,B64D,B66B

Abstract:
1. An aircraft, comprising: several decks; an aircraft fuselage comprising an opening on an underside thereof; a guiding structure comprising profile rails; and a lift system, the lift system comprising: a bogie truck; guiding elements; and a lift cabin; wherein the guiding structure is supported inside the aircraft fuselage; wherein the lift cabin is arranged on the guiding structure by the bogie truck, the bogie truck being arranged above a lift cabin roof of the lift cabin; wherein the bogie truck is actively connected with the profile rails of the guiding structure via the guiding elements; wherein the lift system is adapted to guide the lift cabin; wherein the lift cabin is adapted to service the several decks, is adapted to be traversable on the guiding structure and is further adapted to travel down to a landing strip through the opening on the underside of the fuselage; and wherein the lift system is further adapted in such a way that a part of the bogie truck which carries the guiding elements remains in the fuselage in a bottom lift position, while the lift cabin is entirely driven out of the fuselage.