Patent ID: 7909287
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A super-transporter aircraft for transporting at least one part of a second aircraft, the super-transporter aircraft comprising: a fuselage adapted to transport the at least one part at least partially within an interior of the fuselage; and an integrating assembly adapted to dock the at least one part to the fuselage of the super-transporter aircraft and to absorb stresses to which the super-transporter aircraft is subjected, the integrating assembly including— wherein the fuselage is configurable between an empty configuration in which the at least one part of the second aircraft is not loaded within the fuselage and the second end of each of the plurality of fastening members of the integrating assembly is coupled to the structural reinforcement member such that a structural rigidity required for flight is conferred at least partially by the structural reinforcement member, and a transporting configuration in which the second end of each of the plurality of fastening members of the integrating assembly is free of the structural reinforcement member and is coupled to the at least one part such that the structural rigidity is conferred at least partially by the at least one part of the second aircraft.