Integrated propulsion system for ram wing aircraft

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IN AN AIRCRAFT: (A) AIRFOIL MEANS HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN THE DIRECTION OF FORWARD MOTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SAID AIRFOIL MEANS HAVING ELEMENTS PROVIDING AT SUFFICIENT VELOCITY LIFT FOR MAINTAINING THE AIRCRAFT IN FREE FLIGHT; (B) SAID AIRFOIL MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL NOZZLES LOCATED AT DISCRETE PORTIONS OF THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF, AND SAID AIRFOIL MEANS HAVING A NOZZLE LOCATED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH PORTION AT EACH EXTREMITY OF SAID AIRFOIL MEANS; (C) AIR COMPRESSOR MEANS FLUIDLY COUPLED TO EACH OF SAID NOZZLES SAID AIR COMPRESSOR MEANS HAVING ESSENTIALLY LONGITUDINAL-FLOW INTAKES LOCATED EXTERNALLY OF THE WORKING SURFACES OF SAID AIRFOIL MEANS; (D) A PLURALITY OF VANES MOUNTED IN SAID NOZZLES AND MOVABLE IN UNISON FOR VARYING THE DIRECTION OF AIR THRUST FROM SAID NOZZLES; (E) MOVABLE TRANSVERSE FLAP MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID AIRFOIL MEANS FOR CONFINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE AIR BENEATH SAID AIRFOIL MEANS AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE EFFECTIVE AIR FLOW SURFACE OF SAID AIRFOIL MEANS; (F) THE AIR BENEATH SAID AIRFOIL MEANS BEING RESTRAINED FROM ESCAPE IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS THEREFROM BY THE ACTION OF AIR DOWNWARDLY DISCHARGED FROM SAID EXTREMELY LOCATED NOZZLES.