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An aircraft has a fuselage with a cockpit and a tail, and jet or propeller propulsion. The improved aircraft has a fuselage with one or more modules located between the cockpit and the tail. The modules include passenger seating, means to seal the modules, and means to detach the modules from the fu

An aircraft has a fuselage with a cockpit and a tail, and jet or propeller propulsion. The improved aircraft has a fuselage with one or more modules located between the cockpit and the tail. The modules include passenger seating, means to seal the modules, and means to detach the modules from the fuselage. One or more parachutes connect to the modules for use during an in-flight emergency, and the modules have a means to store the parachutes. Also, modules allow an airline to load passengers by groups onto an aircraft and to change the configuration of aircraft readily.

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1. In an aircraft having a fuselage with a cockpit at the fore end and a tail at the aft end, said aircraft having jet or propeller propulsion, wherein the improvement comprises:said fuselage having one or more modules located between said cockpit and said tail including conventional seating for pas

1. In an aircraft having a fuselage with a cockpit at the fore end and a tail at the aft end, said aircraft having jet or propeller propulsion, wherein the improvement comprises:said fuselage having one or more modules located between said cockpit and said tail including conventional seating for passengers, two opposite ends, and a means to seal said modules; means to detach said modules from said fuselage, one or more parachutes joined to said modules for use during an in-flight emergency of said aircraft, and a means to store said parachutes upon said modules; anda means to cushion said module from impact, said cushioning means attaches to said module proximate to said fuselage beneath said passengers;wherein said cushioning means is two or more fins, located on opposite sides of said module perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said module, whereby said fins stabilize said module during descent with said passengers seated upright. 2. In an aircraft having a fuselage with a cockpit at the fore end and a tail at the aft end, said aircraft having jet or propeller propulsion, wherein the improvement comprises:said fuselage having one or more modules located between said cockpit and said tail including conventional seating for passengers, two opposite ends, and a means to seal said modules; means to detach said modules from said fuselage, one or more parachutes joined to said modules for use during an in-flight emergency of said aircraft, and a means to store said parachutes upon said modules;wherein said module hermetically seals to said fuselage, said cockpit, and said tail; said module is watertight in the event of a water landing of said module; said module contains a motor to propel said module in the event of a water landing; andsaid fins retract into said module upon command of the crew of said aircraft.