US Patent 11851216 Air and space craft with enhanced lift

An aircraft includes a fuselage having an upper surface and a lower surface that define an airfoil shape in cross-section along a vertical plane such that horizontal movement of the fuselage through air produces a lift force in a vertical direction. The aircraft also includes a plurality of modules attached to the fuselage. Each module includes an upper jet engine directed above the upper surface of the fuselage and an opposed lower jet engine directed below the lower surface of the fuselage.