Patent ID: 8746616

Claim:
An airplane comprising: a fuselage comprising a central portion, a forward portion extending forward of said central portion, and an aft portion extending aft of said central portion; upper and lower decks disposed inside said fuselage, said upper deck extending continuously from said forward portion to said aft portion, and said lower deck being discontinuous and comprising a forward lower deck disposed in said forward portion of said fuselage and an aft lower deck disposed in said aft portion of said fuselage, said forward and aft lower decks being separated; a wing box comprising a central section which passes through and beyond a portion of said central portion of said fuselage that is disposed below said upper deck and further comprising left and right inboard wing box sections disposed outside said fuselage; left and right airfoils attached to said wing box and disposed outside said fuselage on opposing sides thereof; and a main landing gear mounted inside said central portion of said fuselage and stowed in an unpressurized space located below said central section of said wing box and between said forward and aft lower decks.