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A fixed wing powered light aircraft has a fuselage formed by laterally spaced longitudinal tubular booms supporting a twin vertical stabilizer and rudder assembly and a horizontal stabilator. A tubular framework pylon structure is secured to the fuselage booms for supporting a propulsion engine driv

A fixed wing powered light aircraft has a fuselage formed by laterally spaced longitudinal tubular booms supporting a twin vertical stabilizer and rudder assembly and a horizontal stabilator. A tubular framework pylon structure is secured to the fuselage booms for supporting a propulsion engine driving a propeller arranged in a pusher configuration. An open cockpit is partially shrouded by a streamlined nose cowl and longitudinal cockpit side panels which meet along the longitudinal center line aft of the pylon. Two piece removable wing root fairings minimize drag and streamline airflow approaching the empennage. The aircraft is adapted for military applications with adjustable support brackets for aiming plural missile launch tubes on each wing. A pilot seat is mounted on an adjustable support structure comprising in eccentric arm and track for supporting longitudinal seat support rails. The engine fuel tank is supported by the pylon and includes an anti-slosh baffle dividing the tank into a main fuel reservoir and a sump portion having a connecting opening and a non-return valve to prevent starvation of the sump portion during violent in flight maneuvers. The main gear wheels are provided with hydraulic brake assemblies actuated by rudder pedal toe portions connected to hydraulic brake actuating cylinders mounted on the backsides of the rudder pedals. Adjustable machine gun mounts are disposed forward on each of the fuselage booms.

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A fixed wing powered light aircraft characterized by: a fuselage including two elongated spaced apart tubular booms extending from a forward end of said fuselage to an aft end and interconnected by spaced apart laterally extending brace members; a pylon structure secured to said booms and constructe

A fixed wing powered light aircraft characterized by: a fuselage including two elongated spaced apart tubular booms extending from a forward end of said fuselage to an aft end and interconnected by spaced apart laterally extending brace members; a pylon structure secured to said booms and constructed for supporting a propulsion engine and propellar means drivenly connected to said propulsion engine, said pylon structure comprising a tubular frame and including engine mount means secured to said frame for supporting said engine; a cockpit disposed forward of said pylon structure including a pilot seat; horizontal and vertical stabilizer means supported on said fuselage at said aft end; a streamlined cockpit enclosure including a nose cowl portion and opposed fuselage side panels extending to a point rearward of said pylon structure and including respective curved portions formed to minimize airflow turbulence approaching said stabilizer means; opposed wing sections connected to said fuselage adjacent to and on opposite sides of said cockpit; and at least one missile support and launch tube supported on each of said wing sections by respective support means, said support means comprising a forward tube support bracket extending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and a rear tube support bracket extending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and means for adjusting said rear support bracket for aiming said missile tube at a target point forward of said aircraft, said means for adjusting said rear support bracket including means for adjusting the elevation of the longitudinal axis of said missile tube and means for adjusting the lateral bearing of said missile tube, and at least a second missile support and launch tube supported on said wing section and spaced from said first tube, and support means for said second tube including a forward tube support bracket for said second tube extending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and a rear support bracket for said second missile tube extending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and means for adjusting said rear support bracket for said second missile tube relative to said wing section and said first missile tube for aiming said second missile tube at said target point forward of said aircraft, wherein said rear support brackets include an elongated beam and at least two support links pivotally connected to said beam and to means secured to said frame member of said wing section, means for adjusting the length of said beam, and means for adjusting the length of each of said links, whereby each of said missile tubes can be aimed at a selected target point forward of said aircraft.