JOSEPH ANTHONY HUTTERER
Pilots at Elpyco St, Wichita, KS
License number
Kansas A0912036
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
443 Elpyco St, Wichita, KS 67218
Professional information
Fuel Efficient Fixed Wing Aircraft
US Patent:
2008009, May 1, 2008
Filed:
Oct 26, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/553016
Inventors:
Joseph A. Hutterer - Wichita KS, US
International Classification:
B64C 15/00
US Classification:
244 15
Abstract:
A fixed wing aircraft having a fuselage having a forward end and a rearward end, the fuselage's forward end forming a nose section; the aircraft further having a primary thrust turbo-prop engine fixedly mounted upon the fuselage's rearward end; the aircraft further having an auxiliary thrust turbo-fan jet engine; the aircraft further having a pivot axle and support strut combination interconnecting the auxiliary thrust turbo-fan engine and the fuselage, the pivot axle and support strut combination positioning the auxiliary thrust turbo-fan jet engine within the fuselage's nose section; the aircraft further having an auxiliary thrust port extending through an outer wall of the nose section, the pivot axle and support strut combination being adapted for alternately moving the turbo-fan engine between first and second positions, the turbo-fan engine residing within the nose section upon movement to the first position, the turbo-fan engine outwardly overlying the auxiliary thrust port upon alternate movement to the second position.