Patent ID: 8820676

Claim:
An aircraft having a wing, a fuselage, at least two jet engines, and at least two engine pylons, each jet engine having an engine nacelle and being attached to the fuselage on an outside of said fuselage by an engine pylon, wherein: the at least two engine pylons are arranged substantially symmetrically on opposite sides of the fuselage, each in a position between a vertical and horizontal direction in accordance with the aircraft reference system, in a V arrangement; each of the at least two engines is swivel mounted on one of the pylons, wherein the engines on opposite sides of the aircraft swivel independently, each pylon having a swivel axis approximately in a YZ reference plane of the aircraft perpendicular to a longitudinal X axis of the aircraft, each engine pylon is profiled aerodynamically to form an aerodynamic surface of a V-tail unit of the aircraft; each swivel axis of the swiveling engines is oriented substantially parallel to an axis of the pylon of the corresponding engine; wherein the swiveling of the engines during flight of the aircraft selectively corresponds to a creation of a pitching torque and a yawing torque, the pitching torque being created by swiveling the engines on opposite sides of the fuselage in opposite directions around a Y axis of the aircraft, the yawing torque being created by swiveling the engines on opposite sides of the fuselage in opposite directions around a Z axis of the aircraft.