Patent ID: 7735778

Claim:
A thrust reverser for a nacelle of a gas turbine engine having an axis, the thrust reverser comprising a first reverser door and a second reverser door defining a portion of an aft section of the nacelle, the doors having respective trailing edges adjacent to a propulsive jet outlet of the nacelle and being pivotable simultaneously between a stowed position and a deployed position, the trailing edge of the first door being positioned behind the trailing edge of the second door in the deployed position, the thrust reverser including a pair of pivoting fairings, one fairing disposed on either side of the nacelle, the fairings disposed and extending between the doors when the doors are in the stowed position, each fairing having a respective trailing edge adjacent to the propulsive jet outlet and being pivotally connected to an axially-extending side edge of the first door, the pivoting fairings being in a stowed position when the doors are in a stowed position, and the pivoting fairings pivoting about an axis substantially parallel to the first door side edge to an outwardly pivoted position when the doors are in a deployed position.