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US 2007/0176047 A1Published application
Aircraft configuration
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew Moore, Kelly Boren, Edward Marques
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AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew Moore, Kelly Boren, Edward Marques
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An aircraft configuration that may reduce the level of noise, infrared radiation, sonic boom, or combination thereof directed towards the ground from an aircraft in flight. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an aircraft includes a tubular fuselage, two delta wings, at least one engine mounted to the aircraft and higher than the wings, and vertical stabilizers mounted on each wing outboard of the outermost engine. Each wing may include a wing strake at the leading edge of the wing and extending to the fuselage and an aft deck. The leading edge of the wing may extend forward of the intake of the engine, and the trailing edge of the aft deck may extend aft of the engine exhaust. The aft deck may include an upwardly rotatable pitch control surface at the trailing edge of the deck.
An aircraft comprising:
An aircraft comprising:
An aircraft comprising:
A method of making an aircraft with reduced aircraft noise, infrared radiation, or sonic boom, or a combination thereof, emitted towards the ground from the aircraft in flight, comprising:
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