Substantial reduction in aircraft stowage space can be achieved by
stacking aircraft using minimal or no folding of parts of the aircraft.
This results in reduced complexity and reduced cost compared to other
aircraft compact stowage schemes including for example fully folding an
aircraft. Landing gear variable height, length, or orientation can be
used to orient all or a portion of the aircraft for stowage. Alternately
or in combination with such orientation by landing gear, other portions
of the aircraft including tilting rotors and tilting nacelles can be
oriented to achieve a geometric configuration conducive to compact
stowage. In preferred embodiments, aircraft are moved relative to each
other so that a portion of one aircraft is offset relative to a
corresponding portion of the other. In especially preferred
configurations, a portion of the first aircraft will overlap or lie on
top of without touching a portion of the second aircraft.