Patent ID: 7624951
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: B64C,H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. An aircraft comprising: a fuselage; a first aerodynamic surface joined to the fuselage and having a first distal end remote from the fuselage, wherein the first aerodynamic surface has a first dihedral angle relative to a horizontal plane; a first-aerodynamic-surface extension joined to the first distal end of the first aerodynamic surface, wherein the first-aerodynamic-surface extension has a first-aerodynamic-surface-extension top surface and a first-aerodynamic-surface-extension bottom surface, said top and bottom surfaces being major surfaces of the first-aerodynamic-surface extension, and wherein the first-aerodynamic-surface-extension top surface lies at a nonzero first-aerodynamic-surface-extension top-surface angle to the horizontal plane that is different from the first dihedral angle, and the first-aerodynamic-surface-extension bottom surface lies at a nonzero first-aerodynamic-surface-extension bottom-surface angle to the horizontal plane that is different from the first dihedral angle; a first-extension top-surface antenna lying in the first-aerodynamic-surface-extension top surface of the first-aerodynamic-surface extension; and a first-extension bottom-surface antenna lying in the first-aerodynamic-surface-extension bottom surface of the first-aerodynamic-surface extension.