Patent ID: 8540184

Claim:
An aircraft with a long-range and with high forward speed, the aircraft comprising: an airframe provided with a fuselage extending along a longitudinal direction (X) from a front portion towards a rear portion and passing via a central portion, and in a vertical direction (Z) from a low portion to a high portion; fixed wings secured to the fuselage; a rotary wing above the the fuselage; at least two propellers for enhancing advance of the aircraft; and a power plant suitable for driving the rotary wing and the propellers into rotation; wherein the fixed wings comprise a front wing arranged in the high portion of the front portion of the fuselage and a rear wing arranged in the rear portion of the fuselage, the front and rear wings each extending transversely on either side of the fuselage, the front wing having a first front half-wing extending transversely from the fuselage in a first front traverse direction (Y 1 ) and a second front half-wing extending transversely from the fuselage in a second front transverse direction (Y 2 ), at least one of the propellers being mounted on the first front half-wing and at least one of the propellers being mounted on the second front half-wing, the rotary wing being arranged in the central portion so that the axis of rotation (AX) of a rotor of the rotary wing lies between the front and rear wings, wherein the rear wing is located in the low portion of the rear portion of the fuselage.