--- In [email protected], ebengui...@... wrote: Not me...
Kevin > > > I'm selling my coupe for a first class ticket. > > Now this is an AIRPLANE!!! > > Look at this new aircraft... > Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the > Air travel industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing > design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the > NASA Langley Research Center . > > The mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared > to the 747's 211 feet, and is designed to fit within the newly > created terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet > wide. > > The new 797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380 which has racked > up 159 orders, but has not yet flown any passengers. Boeing decide to > kill its 747X stretched super jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown > > by airline companies, but has continued to develop the ultimate Airbus > crusher 797 for years at its Phantom Works research facility in > Long Beach, Calif. > > The Airbus A380 has been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated > $13 billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage > now that Airbus has committed to the older style tubular aircraft for > decades to come. > > There are several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most > important being the lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase by an > amazing 50%, with overall weight reduced by 25%, making it an > estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making Airbus's > $13 billion dollar investment look pretty shaky. > > > High body rigidity is another key factor in blended wing aircraft. It > reduces > turbulence and creates less stress on the air frame which adds to > efficiency, > giving the 797 a tremendous 8800 nautical mile range with its 1000 > passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or 654 mph (+-1046km/h) > cruising speed another advantage over the Airbus tube-and-wing designed > A380's 570 mph (912 km/h). > > The exact date for introduction is unclear, yet the battle lines are > clearly > drawn in the high-stakes war for civilian air supremacy. > > What an amazing thing! >
