US Patent Issued on May 6 for "Aircraft" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,331, issued on May 6.

"Aircraft" was invented by James Henry Bush (Barton Under Needwood, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft comprising at least one propulsion unit configured to propel the aircraft in a first direction and at least one further propulsion unit configured to propel the aircraft in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction. The aircraft also includes at least one wing, wherein the at least one propulsion unit is mounted in front of the leading edge of the at least one wing, such that the air downstream of the at least one propulsion unit flows around the at least one wing to...