Patent ID: 6575406
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
An aircraft, comprising:a fuselage portion configured to carry a payload that includes between about 10 and about 500 passengers; 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 at least proximate to the aft region of the wing portion, with at least part of the propulsion system positioned between the upper and lower surfaces of the wing portion, the propulsion system having at least one inlet aperture positioned beneath the wing portion lower surface or above the wing portion upper surface, at least one engine positioned aft of and vertically offset from the at least one inlet aperture, and at least one exhaust nozzle aft of the at least one engine; and at least one canard depending from the fuselage portion forward of the propulsion system.