Patent ID: 6568637
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
An aircraft door fitting into a door opening of an aircraft fuselage having an outer contour and a longitudinal central axis, said aircraft door comprising a trough (20A) having a trough bottom wall which is displaced radially inwardly relative to said outer contour and toward said longitudinal central axis, said trough closing an interior of said aircraft fuselage against the external atmosphere, said trough fitting into said door opening, a door framing (30) in said trough for stiffening said aircraft door, said trough (20A) having a radially outwardly open surface opposite said trough bottom wall, and a planking (21) covering said radially outwardly open surface, said planking (21) extending flush with said outer contour (5) of said aircraft fuselage (4).