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Boeing's BWB: a super-efficient bat jet
Seattle, Usa - It could take off in 2006
Boeing's engineers have designed a super-efficient aircraft that would look like a giant bat and slash the cost of air transport. The "Blended Wing Body" concept, outlined more than 10 years ago but now said to be almost perfected, would have no fuselage or tail. Rather, it would basically be a wing with a belly that would accommodate the passengers and freight. The secret to its design is that the...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 30910
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency