TY - JOUR AB - An aircraft intended for vertical take‐off and comprising an annular wing 1 surrounding and attached to a central fuselage 3, is provided with a supplementary load‐carrying container 6 secured at 8 to the wing 1. The attachments 8 may be releasable in order that the container may be jettisoned to descend by a parachute stored in a compartment 6b. The supplementary load is housed in a compartment 6a and the container is provided with an auxiliary rocket propulsion unit 7 having a thrust so related to the weight of container 6 and the thrust of the main turbo‐jet engine 2 that the resultant thrust P passes through the centre of gravity G. Jet‐deflecting flaps 2a, control surfaces 4 and landing legs 5 are provided. Container 6 may be mounted on the inner wall of wing 1. VL - 32 IS - 11 SN - 0002-2667 DO - 10.1108/eb033335 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033335 PY - 1960 Y1 - 1960/01/01 TI - Month in the Patent Office T2 - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 347 EP - 347 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -