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A disc-shaped aircraft including an airfoil having a convex upper surface and a planar lower surface with the edges of the surfaces meeting at the periphery of the disc and having a plurality of rotational mini turbine jets affixed sequentially at the edge of the circumference of the disc, the turbi

A disc-shaped aircraft including an airfoil having a convex upper surface and a planar lower surface with the edges of the surfaces meeting at the periphery of the disc and having a plurality of rotational mini turbine jets affixed sequentially at the edge of the circumference of the disc, the turbine jets effecting vertical, horizontal, and directional thrust under computer and pilot control. Stable flight is maintained by an internal gyroscopic counter-rotating rotor blade system, individual control of the turbine jets, and a series of retractable flaps.

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1. A disc-shaped aircraft, comprising: a convex upper surface and a planar lower surface forming a disc-shaped airfoil, said convex upper surface and planar lower surface converging at their respective lower edges to form a circumferential engine bay and power alley;a plurality of mini turbojets pos

1. A disc-shaped aircraft, comprising: a convex upper surface and a planar lower surface forming a disc-shaped airfoil, said convex upper surface and planar lower surface converging at their respective lower edges to form a circumferential engine bay and power alley;a plurality of mini turbojets positioned around said engine bay and having engine adjustment apparatus to effect selective and adjustable vertical and horizontal thrust from said mini turbojets;at least two counter-rotating gyroscopic blades rotating about a vertical axis at or proximate the geometric center of said airfoil;a pilot cabin; anddirectional flaps disposed on said convex upper surface. 2. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein said mini turbojets are disposed below said planar lower surface on jet mounts attached to an engine mount wall disposed interior to said convex upper panel. 3. The aircraft of claim 2, wherein said upper convex surface includes a semicircular inner rim forming a shroud surrounding the outside perimeter of the disc and extending below said planar lower surface so as to form a power alley. 4. The aircraft of claim 3, wherein said power alley allows thrust from a plurality of said mini turbojets to be adjustably directed from generally horizontal directions to fully vertical direction. 5. The aircraft of claim 4, wherein the adjustability of said mini turbojets is accomplished by actuators that rotate said turbojets from a vertical to a horizontal position. 6. The aircraft of claim 1, further including a storage/travel configuration. 7. The aircraft of claim 6, wherein said storage/travel configuration includes a curved convex top rectangular fuselage bisecting the aircraft from bow to stern and semicircular wings pivotally coupled to said fuselage. 8. The aircraft of claim 7, wherein said fuselage includes sidings affixed to a tubular frame structure on which hinges are disposed for the pivotal connection of said wings to said fuselage. 9. The aircraft of claim 8, wherein each wing is attached to a unitary rib in a facing relationship to the length of said fuselage. 10. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein said counter-rotating gyroscopic blades are selectively decoupled and clamped along a midline of said fuselage for selective placement in a storage/travel configuration. 11. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein said gyroscopic counter-rotating blades are impelled on a centered shaft generally at the yaw axis of said aircraft and extending below said pilot cabin. 12. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein said turbojets are disposed within a power alley shroud from fixed jet engine mounts by gimbal structures, thereby permitting rotation of said turbojets in a horizontal and/or or vertical position by mechanical actuators. 13. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein said pilot cabin is located in the upper center of said disc-shaped airfoil. 14. An aircraft comprising: a disc-shaped fuselage shaped to provide lift when moving in a plurality of directions;a cockpit disposed generally in the center of said disc-shaped fuselage;a plurality of mini turbojets housed within and positioned about the periphery of the fuselage;a direction control system and structure to vary the direction and degree of thrust, or a portion of thrust, from said mini turbojets devices according to pilot inputs;an auxiliary power source; anda gyroscope housed within said fuselage and powered by said auxiliary power source. 15. The aircraft of claim 14, wherein said gyroscope includes counter-rotating rotor blades extending to the periphery of the aircraft. 16. The aircraft of claim 14, further including fuel tanks disposed peripherally around an internal circumference of said the disc. 17. The aircraft of claim 14, further including fuel tanks disposed below said cockpit. 18. The aircraft of claim 14, wherein said directional control system and structure comprises mounting structure for said mini turbojets having gimbals providing rotational movement of said mini turbojets on vertical and horizontal axes. 19. The aircraft of claim 18, wherein said mini turbojets are moved about said vertical and horizontal axes with actuators. 20. The aircraft of claim 14 further including air inlet slots penetrating the upper rear half surface of the disc to accommodate the suction of surface air into the body of the aircraft by the canted counter-rotating rotor blades and exhausting same through the bottom rear downdraft ports.