Appeal No. 96-2477
Application 08/345,292
instruments and controls 53. Further, as is made clear by
Figures 3 and 4, flight component A is adapted to be installed as
the only propulsion means for a fixed-wing aircraft having a
fuselage including a cabin for a flight crew, with the engine
instruments and controls 53 being accessible to the flight crew.
Thus, Hall discloses the subject matter of claim 1 except for the
propulsion module being a tandem-engine module with only two
engines.
Concerning independent claim 7, Hall discloses a powered
dry-wing aircraft comprising fuselage means in the form of
component B, wing means 10 and 11, and propulsion module 20
contiguous with and detachably secured to fuselage component B.
The propeller 51 of the propulsion module is forward of the
leading edge of the wing means. Further, as with appellant’s
aircraft, Hall’s wing means is secured to the fuselage in that it
is secured to the propulsion module, which is in turn secured to
the fuselage. Hall is therefore considered to disclose the
subject matter of claim 7 except for the propulsion module being
a tandem-engine module with a pusher propeller located aft of the
trailing edge of the wing means.
As to independent claim 13, Hall discloses a method of
powering a fixed-wing aircraft provided with a fuselage means B
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