Patent ID: 6892979

Claim:
A Personal Aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (“VTOL”) and comprising, in combination: (a) a fuselage with a passenger compartment for at least one person, having a front end, a rear end and two lateral sides, and having a central longitudinal axis extending from said front end to said rear end between said two lateral sides; (b) at least one ducted fan, fixedly arranged in said fuselage between front end and said rear end and between said two lateral sides, for providing vertical lift at least as great as the weight of the aircraft; and (c) a substantially horizontal stationary wing attached to each lateral side of said fuselage and extending outward with respect to said central longitudinal axis, wherein said wings are extendable in length during flight and said wings, when extended, form at least one fixed wing for said aircraft, wherein the fixed wing and the fuselage provide a lift-to-drag (L/D) ratio of the aircraft during flight, resulting from forward motion of the aircraft through the air and excluding vertical lift provided by said ducted fan, of at least 4:1 when flying at an airspeed in the range of 50 to 100 MPH, whereby the wingspan of the aircraft may be adjusted during flight.