Overhead galley/crew rest facility

An aircraft comprising:

• a body;
• a main passenger cabin disposed in said body for accommodating a plurality of seats, said main passenger cabin having a plurality of storage binds disposed along a generally planar ceiling portion thereof;
• an overhead storage section disposed in said body, said overhead storage section being positioned generally above said ceiling portion of said main passenger cabin;
• a galley cart storage area disposed in said overhead storage section capable of storing a plurality of galley carts, said galley cart storage area defines a generally planar cart plane;
• a walkway generally extending along said overhead storage section, said walkway being generally positioned between said plurality of storage binds, said walkway further being generally positioned below said generally planar cart plane;
• a stairway interconnecting said main passenger cabin and said walkway;
• a plurality of sleeping compartments disposed in said overhead storage section, said plurality of sleeping compartments being positioned generally on opposing sides of said walkway;
• a cart lift mechanism interconnecting said main passenger cabin to said overhead storage section, said cart lift mechanism being operable to individually raise and lower the plurality of galley carts;
• and
• a cart transferring mechanism disposed in said overhead storage section, said cart transferring mechanism capable of supporting at least one of the plurality of galley carts between said generally planar cart plane and said cart lift.

An aircraft comprising:

• a body;
• a main passenger cabin having a plurality of storage binds disposed along a ceiling thereof;
• an overhead section disposed in said body generally above said ceiling of said main passenger cabin;
• a galley cart storage area disposed in said overhead section capable of storing a plurality of galley carts;
• a walkway generally extending along said overhead section, said walkway being generally positioned between said plurality of storage binds;
• a cart lift interconnecting said main passenger cabin to said overhead section, said cart lift mechanism being operable to individually raise and lower the plurality of galley carts;
• and
• a cart transferring mechanism disposed in said overhead section, said cart transferring mechanism capable of supporting at least one of the plurality of galley carts between said galley cart storage area and said cart lift.