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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Christophe Chavagnac, Paris, FR;
Jérôme Bertrand, Saint Aubin de Medoc, FR;
Hugues Laporte-weywada, Les Loges en Josas, FR;
Olivier Poulain, Aix en Provence, FR;
Philippe Matharan, Germs sur L'Oussouet, FR;
Robert Laine, Paris, FR;
Christophe Chavagnac, Paris, FR;
Jérôme Bertrand, Saint Aubin de Medoc, FR;
Hugues Laporte-Weywada, Les Loges en Josas, FR;
Olivier Poulain, Aix en Provence, FR;
Philippe Matharan, Germs sur L'Oussouet, FR;
Robert Laine, Paris, FR;
Astrium, S.A.S, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An aircraft having propulsion units for both conventional aircraft flight in the atmosphere and for high-altitude operation as a rocket. The aircraft is divided into a payload compartment and a compartment containing rocket propulsion unit propellant or fuel, and includes a long transverse wing with a small back-sweep to favor lift in the dense layers of the atmosphere and to thus make it possible to climb to high altitudes at a subsonic speed before using the rocket propulsion units. The return flight portion is performed by gliding or controlled as for a conventional aircraft.