U.S. Patent Specifications

Abstract

In a supersonic aircraft, the combination of a fuse‐lage, and air‐consuming power‐plant in said fuselage, a wing‐structure comprising a wing on cither side of said fuselage each of which wings Has a root joining it to said fuselage, said wings each comprising an upper surface‐member to provide an upper defining surface and a lower surface‐member to provide a lower defining‐surface, said surfaces being joined together at a trailing edge common to both of them, and each of said surface‐members having a forward edge spaced from the other surface‐member over substantially the whole length of the edge, and an air‐passage in each of said wings extending from said forward edges to said power‐plant which air passages are of divergent cross‐section from said forward edges.

Citation

(1952), "U.S. Patent Specifications", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 24 No. 11, pp. 353-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032233