| CPC B64C 39/10 (2013.01) [B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 25/18 (2013.01); B64D 9/003 (2013.01); B64D 11/0023 (2013.01); B64C 2039/105 (2013.01); B64D 2009/006 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A freighter aircraft for long-distance travel, the freighter aircraft comprising:
a blended wing body having a main body, a transition, and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the freighter aircraft;
a fuel storage located within the blended wing body, the fuel storage comprising a fuel capacity, wherein the fuel storage comprises a plurality of fuel stores, wherein the plurality of fuel stores contains different types of fuel, and wherein the fuel capacity is configured for long-range flight;
a cargo bay located within the main body, the cargo bay configured to have a freighter capacity; and
a cargo loading system comprising a conveyor belt configured to extend from a first location outside the freighter aircraft to a second location inside the cargo bay of the freighter aircraft and move cargo from the first location to the second location, and
wherein the freighter aircraft is a long-range aircraft, the freighter aircraft configured to provide a ton-miles per sortie between 135,000 and 450,000.
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