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An apparatus for handling and storing baggage or cargo within an aircraft fuselage including a fuselage door and a plurality of storage platforms with each platform consisting of a flat rectangular base and two upwardly extending side walls closely juxataposed to the shape of the fuselage. The platf

An apparatus for handling and storing baggage or cargo within an aircraft fuselage including a fuselage door and a plurality of storage platforms with each platform consisting of a flat rectangular base and two upwardly extending side walls closely juxataposed to the shape of the fuselage. The platforms are capable of stacking one atop another when not in use adjacent the fuselage door. Each platform can move longitudinally relative to the aircraft fuselage away from and back towards the fuselage door in a telescoping sequence such that the uppermost platform will move away from said stack first and such that the lowermost platform will always return to said stack first.

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Apparatus for handling and storing baggage or cargo within an aircraft fuselage having door means in said fuselage to allow loading and unloading; comprising a plurality of storage platforms for operation with said fuselage, each platform consisting of a flat rectangular base and two side walls exte

Apparatus for handling and storing baggage or cargo within an aircraft fuselage having door means in said fuselage to allow loading and unloading; comprising a plurality of storage platforms for operation with said fuselage, each platform consisting of a flat rectangular base and two side walls extending upwardly from the two edges of said base adjacent said fuselage, said side walls juxtaposed to the shape of said fuselage, said platforms, when unloaded, being stacked one atop another over a fixed position adjacent said fuselage door means and having at least an uppermost platform and a lowermost platform; roller means to allow longitudinal movement of each platform relative to said aircraft fuselage; and means for moving each platform away from and back towards said fixed position in a telescoping sequence such that the uppermost platform will move away from said stack first and such that the lowermost platform will always return to said stack first; whereby the uppermost platform is loaded first and when loaded is moved away from said fixed position to permit loading of the next lower platform; whereby said platforms are loaded serially commencing with the uppermost platform and ending with the lowermost platform; whereby, as each platform below said uppermost platform is loaded and moved away from said fixed position, all of the previously loaded platforms are moved further away from said fixed position until said lowermost platform is loaded; whereby, after said lowermost platform is loaded, all of said platforms in fully extended telescoped condition are moved away from said fixed position to permit loading over said fixed position and in the area of said fuselage door means.