Jet propelled aircraft with jet deflecting means

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A DEFLECTOR ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO DEFLECT THE EXHAUST GASES FROM A JET ENGINE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING: ELONGATED DUCT MEANS ADAPTED TO HAVE A GAS AT SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTED THERETHROUGH; SAID DUCT MEANS HAVING FORE AND AFT OPEN ENDS PROVIDING MEANS FOR THE INGRESS AND EGRESS, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID GAS AT SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND AN AXIS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENT THEREOF; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED STREAMLINED VANES MOUNTED AT THE AFT END OF SAID DUCT MEANS AS A CASCADE IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SPACED RELATION; SAID VANES BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FOR ANGULAR MOVEMENT BETWEEN INITIAL AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS IN WHICH THE TOP SURFACES OF SAID VANES COOPERATE SOLELY WITH ADJACENT BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID VANES TO DEFINE CONVERGENT-DIVERGENT AND CONVERGENT NOZZLES, RESPECTIVELY; AND POWER MEANS ADAPTED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPART DIFFERENTIAL ANGULAR MOVEMENT TO SAID VANES IN THE SAME DIRECTION INSURING THAT SAID ADJACENT SIDE SURFACES OF SAID VANES COOPERATE TO DEFINE CONVERGENT NOZZLES IN SUBSTANTIALLY ALL POSITIONS BETWEEN SAID INITIAL AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS.