Appeal No. 96-2477
Application 08/345,292
comprises wings 10 and 11, a cowled tractor-mounted power plant
20, a tail boom 25, and an empennage 30. The flight component
further includes control and instrument panel 53 positioned to be
readily accessible to the operator when the flight component is
in assembled and operative position with the ground vehicle B,
and an integral fuel tank 54 positioned behind the power plant.
Forward and rearward attachment fittings 60 and 61 are provided
for securing the flight component A to the ground vehicle B.
Henrichsen discloses an aircraft engine cowling having
tandem engines 11 and 13 mounted therein, the engine 11 being a
tractor mounted engine and the engine 13 being a pusher mounted
engine. Sanders discloses an aircraft including six pairs of
tandem mounted engines, each pair comprising a tractor mounted
engine 4 and a pusher mounted engine 5. In both Henrichsen and
Sanders, the propellers of a tandem mounted engine pair are
driven about axes of rotation that are in substantial alignment
with one another.
With respect to independent claim 1, Hall’s flight component
A constitutes a “propulsion module” within the broad meaning of
the claim terminology. Flight component A comprises a housing
having an engine 50, a fuel compartment 54, and engine
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