Aircraft Having Multiple Seating Configurations and Associated Systems and Methods

Aircraft having multiple seating configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft in accordance with one embodiment, for example, can include a fuselage having a generally circular cross-sectional shape and one or more passenger cabin portions. The individual cabin portio...

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Main Author WILCYNSKI PAUL J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.12.2008
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
HELICOPTERS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Aircraft having multiple seating configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft in accordance with one embodiment, for example, can include a fuselage having a generally circular cross-sectional shape and one or more passenger cabin portions. The individual cabin portions can include a floor connected to the fuselage and a plurality of passenger seats attached to the floor. The passenger seats are in a configuration selected from a first twin aisle seat-row arrangement and a second, single aisle seat-row arrangement. Each of the first and second seat-row arrangements is implementable in the fuselage. Further, the seats in either the first seat-row arrangement or the second seat-row arrangement have between a three abreast and a six abreast seating configuration.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070767790