Patent ID: 8464979

Claim:
A swan-wing aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a substantially flat bottom and a cross section having a shape for providing lift; a plurality of hinged-latch mechanisms, at least one hinged-latch mechanism attached to each of a left and a right side of the fuselage and having an axis which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft; two wings, each wing being foldable about the hinged-latch mechanism from a horizontal position to a vertical position; each wing having a swept back forward lifting portion, a swept back rear lifting portion which is larger than the forward lifting portion, and an outboard portion; wherein said forward lifting portion is connected to said rear lifting portion by said outboard portion, the outboard portion extending from a distal tip of the forward lifting portion to a distal tip of the rear lifting portion to form a wing body structure that lays in a single plane and includes an opening extending from a top of the wing body structure to a bottom thereof; wherein the forward lifting portion includes a first control surface at a rear of said forward lifting portion and the rear lifting portion includes a second control surface at a rear of said rear lifting portion; and wherein the wings form a blended lifting-body with the fuselage when the wings are in the horizontal position.