Patent ID: 7324747

Claim:
An optical system with an aircraft fuselage element ( 26 ), which is built into an aircraft fuselage segment ( 28 ), including a fuselage body ( 30 ) which has an internal cavity ( 40 ) and which includes at least one viewing window ( 32 , 34 ), wherein: a) the fuselage body ( 30 ) is mounted for rotation through an angle of 360° about a first axis of rotation ( 36 ), and an optical element ( 4 , 52 ) is arranged in the internal cavity ( 40 ); b) the optical element ( 4 , 52 ) is mounted so as to be rotatable independently of the fuselage body ( 30 ) about a second axis of rotation ( 24 ), which extends parallel to the first axis of rotation ( 36 ); and c) wherein a control device ( 18 ) controls movement of the optical element ( 4 , 52 ) and the fuselage body ( 30 ), and wherein the movements are coordinated with each other.