Patent ID: 6367737
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
An airplane comprising:a) a fuselage having a longitudinal axis, a vertical axis, and a lateral axis, perpendicular to said longitudinal and vertical axes; b) a main wing mounted to the fuselage and extending generally laterally therefrom as right and left wing sections c) an engine assembly mounted above said fuselage and spaced upwardly therefrom and having a propeller which defines a propeller area through which the propeller rotates, said propeller creating a rearwardly traveling propeller flow stream; d) a tail section located at a rear portion of the fuselage and having an aerodynamic surface an/or surfaces to create a vertically aligned aerodynamic force component, said tail section being located rearwardly of said propeller and in the propeller flow stream; e) a longitudinally extending aerodynamic lift augmenting airplane portion located over the fuselage and providing an upwardly facing aerodynamic lift augmenting surface longitudinally aligned with said propeller flow stream so that at least a portion of said propeller flow stream flows over said lift augmenting surface to create augmented lift; f) right and left platforms on opposite sides of said fuselage, each platform comprising a main platform portion and a strake having a highly swept leading edge extending from its related main platform portion forwardly along said fuselage.