Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Airplane sustained
Patent
1977-05-13
1983-03-01
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Airplane sustained
244 5, 244 30, 244 49, 244DIG1, 244 2, B64C 330, B64C 3702
Patent
active
043752802
ABSTRACT:
A flying device capable of carrying man, which contains a wing, a fuselage, and means such as cables for attaching the wing to the fuselage so that the fuselage is suspended below the wing. The fuselage contains a propulsion unit and normally does not have wings for creating a lifting force as in ordinary aircraft.
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