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August 17, 2005
'Silent aircraft' design launched
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 09:04 GMT 10:04 UKPlans for the world's first completely silent aircraft have been unveiled by Cambridge University engineers.
Environmental campaigners and people living on flight paths have already welcomed the campaign to build the jet.
Now it could become a reality some time in the next decade and Luton Airport is be a partner in the venture.
The main development is a new shape for the aircraft after engineers identified traditional designs caused much of the noise at landing and take-off.
The new aircraft is basically a flying wing and would be silent once it left the airport.
Now this is cool! I'd love to take a ride in this baby!
Read more here.
Posted by Daffodil at August 17, 2005 2:57 PM
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Doesn't it make you sick that we are rapidly heading towards being a third world country. We've had this technology sitting on the shelf for decades, but the American aircraft builders didn't see the need to actually make a production aircraft because they didn't see the need to lower fuel consumption and decrease the sound foot print of the aircraft. The excuse they've been using for decades is that they wouldn't be able to use all the available space for passengers because of the G-forces generated on people off the central axis of the plane. The notion of lower the cargo costs so they could get more cargo never crossed their minds. They are so greedy they couldn't do the right thing if they were presented with it.
Posted by: ManDrake at August 17, 2005 4:29 PM