Aircraft with cabin-stowed landing gear

An aircraft with stowed landing gear within a cabin, the aircraft comprising:

• a blended wing body, wherein the blended wing body comprises:
• a single deck;
• an exterior surface, the exterior surface comprising an underbody portion;
• and
• a payload cabin containing a payload volume located above the single deck;
• a plurality of gear wells, wherein:
• each gear well of the plurality of gear wells includes an opening in the exterior surface and disposed on the underbody portion of the blended wing body;
• and
• at least a gear well comprises a gear well volume located within the payload cabin, wherein the gear well volume is inspectable from within the interior of the payload volume of the payload cabin, wherein the at least a gear well is configured to be pressurized using a pump, and wherein the pump is configured to heat and compress incoming air and divert at least some of the heated and compressed air into the payload cabin;
• and
• a plurality of landing gears disposed at the plurality of gear wells;
• each landing gear of the plurality of landing gears has a proximal end located within a gear well volume and a distal end;
• each landing gear has at least a wheel removably attached at the distal end;
• each landing gear is movable between a deployed position in which the at least a wheel is outside of the gear well and a retracted position in which the at least a wheel is inside of the gear well;
• in the retracted position, at least a landing gear of the plurality of landing gears extends above the single deck into the payload cabin and is not entirely below the single deck;
• and
• at least a sensor is connected to the plurality of landing gears and is configured to detect the deployed position and the retracted position of the at least a wheel, wherein the at least a sensor comprises a proximity sensor.