An aircraft comprising an opening for accessing a compartment and a ladder. The aircraft comprises at least one support. The ladder comprises at least one fastener element connected to a support by a removable connection comprising a pivot axis.

An aircraft comprising an opening for accessing a compartment and a ladder. The aircraft comprises at least one support. The ladder comprises at least one fastener element connected to a support by a removable connection comprising a pivot axis.

A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft provides transportation to users of a network system. The network system may include multiple aircraft or other types of vehicles to provide multi-model transportation. An aircraft may include a fuselage, a truss coupled to the fuselage, and multiple distributed electric propellers coupled to the truss. The distributed electric propellers may be positioned on at least two different planes. The fuselage may include a cabin having one or more seats for the passengers arranged in a configuration that has a compact footprint, provides legroom, provides visibility to surroundings of the aircraft, or facilitates convenient ingress or egress of passengers. The aircraft may open a port cabin door and starboard cabin door for simultaneous ingress or egress of passengers.

Air stair support systems, stair support cable assemblies, and hooks are disclosed herein. A stair support system includes, but is not limited to, an aircraft fuselage, a door seal, a stair door, and a stair support cable assembly. The aircraft fuselage defines a door frame and a stair hook receptacle. The stair door has a retracted position within the door frame and an extended position that forms an entry/exit stairway. The stair support cable assembly includes a cable and two hooks. The first hook includes a curved end portion configured to hook onto the stair hook receptacle, a cable end portion secured to the cable, and an intermediate portion having first and second intermediate legs that extend the intermediate portion away from the door seal when installed on the door frame and the stair door. The second hook is configured to hook on the stair door.

Air stair support systems, stair support cable assemblies, and hooks are disclosed herein. A stair support system includes, but is not limited to, an aircraft fuselage, a door seal, a stair door, and a stair support cable assembly. The aircraft fuselage defines a door frame and a stair hook receptacle. The stair door has a retracted position within the door frame and an extended position that forms an entry/exit stairway. The stair support cable assembly includes a cable and two hooks. The first hook includes a curved end portion configured to hook onto the stair hook receptacle, a cable end portion secured to the cable, and an intermediate portion having first and second intermediate legs that extend the intermediate portion away from the door seal when installed on the door frame and the stair door. The second hook is configured to hook on the stair door.

It describes an aircraft access door, in particular a boarding and landing access door arranged centrally on a fuselage portion of the aircraft and perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the access door being formed by a wing fairing disposed adjacent to a fuselage floor and a fuselage fairing associated with the wing fairing, the wing fairing being provided with rotational means positioned below the floor, the fuselage fairing being provided of access means interconnecting the floor to the ground.

It further describes an aircraft provided with an access door, particularly a boarding and landing access door, arranged centrally on a fuselage portion of the aircraft and perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft.

It describes an aircraft access door, in particular a boarding and landing access door arranged centrally on a fuselage portion of the aircraft and perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the access door being formed by a wing fairing disposed adjacent to a fuselage floor and a fuselage fairing associated with the wing fairing, the wing fairing being provided with rotational means positioned below the floor, the fuselage fairing being provided of access means interconnecting the floor to the ground.

It further describes an aircraft provided with an access door, particularly a boarding and landing access door, arranged centrally on a fuselage portion of the aircraft and perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft.

A maintenance step for a helicopter, comprising: a casing that is adapted for integration into a lateral shell of a fuselage of a helicopter, and a step member that is pivotally mounted to the casing, wherein a stirrup unit is pivotally mounted to the step member, the stirrup unit comprising at least a first and a second section, the second section being telescopically mounted to the first section.

A maintenance step for a helicopter, comprising: a casing that is adapted for integration into a lateral shell of a fuselage of a helicopter, and a step member that is pivotally mounted to the casing, wherein a stirrup unit is pivotally mounted to the step member, the stirrup unit comprising at least a first and a second section, the second section being telescopically mounted to the first section.

An aircraft having a sponson extending substantially transversely relative to a main body of the fuselage of the aircraft and substantially perpendicularly relative to a vertical anteroposterior plane of symmetry P of the main body of the fuselage when the aircraft is standing on a horizontal support, the sponson including a notch locally reducing a cross-section of the sponson in a connection zone of the sponson, the connection zone being suitable for being arranged in the immediate proximity of the main body of the fuselage of the aircraft from which the sponson emerges transversely, the notch being open at least to a front outside face and to a top outside face of the sponson and being suitable for receiving a bottom portion of a sliding side door when in its open position.