Aircraft and control means therefor

Claim 1

IN AN AIRPLANE HAVING A FUSELAGE, WINGS OF AIRFOIL CROSS-SECTION, TAIL CONTROL SURFACES, PROPULSION MEANS AND MEANS FOR IMPROVING THE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRPLANE, SUCH LAST-NAMED MEANS INCLUDING AN AIRFOIL BODY OF LESSER CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA THAN THAT OF THE WINGS SUPPORTED WITHIN AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE FUSELAGE TO THE TIP OF EACH WING FOR PROVIDING A FIRST CHANNEL BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE AIRFOIL BODY AND THE INNER UPPER SURFACE OF THE WING AND A SECOND CHANNEL BETWEEN THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE AIRFOIL BODY AND THE INNER LOWER SURFACE OF THE WING, MEANS DEFINING A CONDUIT WITHIN SAID FUSELAGE EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREOF AND WITH WHICH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS COMMUNICATE, SAID CONDUIT TERMINATING ADJACENT TO AND FORWARD OF SAID TAIL CONTROL SURFACES, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AIR INTO THE WINGS ADJACENT THE LEADING EDGE THEREOF, AND ASPIRATING MEANS IN THE FUSELAGE IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CONDUIT FOR DRAWING AIR THROUGH SAID LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGS WHEREBY THE AIRFOIL BODY DIVIDES THE AIR INTO TWO STREAMS PASSING THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR SUBJECTING THE INNER UPPER AND LOWER WING SURFACES TO THE COMBINED ACTION OF HIGH AND LOW PRESSURES FOR IMPARTING A LIFTING FORCE TO THE WINGS IN ADDITION TO THE LIFTING EFFECT OF THE AIR ON THE UPPER AND LOWER OUTER SURFACES OF THE WING WITH SUCH AIR STREAMS MERGING AND PASSING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TAIL CONTROL SURFACES SO THAT THE AIR STREAM INITIATES A VERTICAL FORCE OF SUSTENTATION COUNTERBALANCING THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE.