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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Jetzero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Mark Allan Page, Long Beach, CA (US);
John Charles Vassberg, Long Beach, CA (US);
Blaine Knight Rawdon, Long Beach, CA (US);
JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A tanker aircraft for long-distance travel, the tanker aircraft including a blended wing body having a main body, a transition, and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the tanker aircraft, a fuel storage located within the blended wing body, the fuel storage comprising a first fuel store, the first fuel store located within the transition and configured for long range flight and a second fuel store the second fuel store having a tanker capacity and a refueling boom system having a flying boom, the flying boom extending from the blended wing body, wherein the tanker aircraft is a long-range tanker aircraft.