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| 20080302920 | Aerial Lifting and Propulsion Device (ALPD) This invention, an Aerial Lifting and Propulsion Device, introduces an aircraft and aircraft wing design that has an outer and inner circumference, both of which are employed in the entirety of each to evacuate air, air space, and/or atmosphere from above the circular w... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080149780 | Vertical lift vehicle An apparatus for producing vertical lift in a vehicle. In one embodiment, two sets of trans-flow fans discharge air through multi-directional vane assemblies that direct the discharged air outward and downward. Each one of the sets of fans is positioned on opposite side... | 06/26/2008 |
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