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1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage and a radome fixed to the fuselage,
the radome defining a housing,the fuselage comprising a sealed bulkhead closing the housing, a weather radar antenna comprising a main panel with a plane surface capable of transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic wave and a plurality of peripheral panels arranged around the main panel and each having a surface capable of transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic wave,
the peripheral panels being inclined from the plane surface of the main panel and located on the same side of a plane that contains the plane surface of the main panel,the antenna being contained in the housing and mounted on the fuselage through a mechanical support,the mechanical support being fixed firstly to the fuselage and secondly to the weather radar antenna on the same side of the plane that contains the plane surface of the main panel of the antenna as the peripheral panels of the antenna, a bird strike shield located between the antenna and the sealed bulkhead,
said shield being in the form of a dome with a top and a base,the base being fixed to the aircraft fuselage and an opening being formed at the top of the dome through which the mechanical support can pass.
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