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NASA funds $11.5 million in research on future aircraft
NASA funds five organizations researching new commercial aircraft with lower emissions and more efficiency.
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200-passenger hybrid aircraft
The Natilus's seamless wing-to-body design will create more lift and less drag, while cutting emissions in half.
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Designing AI aircraft without pilots
Embraer's AI passenger plane is designed to fly fully autonomously and without a cockpit like a conventional plane.
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Design of a wingless supersonic aircraft with a speed of 1,850km/h
Designer Oscar Viñal's triangular plane model looks like a spaceship, promising to shorten the flight time across the Atlantic by nearly half.
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Aircraft design ideas like science fiction movies
A designer in Spain has created ambitious ideas about unique aircraft models such as stepping out of sci-fi movies.
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V-shaped planes are much more fuel-efficient, but fear that no one dares to try for this reason
When Flying-V goes into trial in October, we will confirm the concerns that existed during the past week.
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On this V-shaped plane, passengers sit on the wing
The new aircraft design with this radical change is to place the passenger cabin in the wing of the aircraft along with the cargo boxes and fuel to improve fuel efficien…
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China designed aircraft to take passengers to visit the universe
The upcoming Chinese aircraft can carry 20 passengers to the edge of the universe, the largest of all commercial aircraft with the same function so far.
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China designed the aircraft to fly to the United States in just two hours
Chinese scientists designed the supersonic aircraft that could carry passengers and passengers from Beijing to New York for two hours.
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Airbus filed a patent for a new super fast aircraft design
Last week, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers - Airbus filed a second patent for an aircraft that could move from London to New York in less than an hour.
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Multifunction aircraft
After natural disasters such as the typhoon Haiyan ravaging the Philippines, relief work on affected areas is often difficult due to the infrastructure being damaged.
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Future 2-story aircraft is designed to eliminate sound explosions
Considering that two-tier aircraft is still in use today, the designs of these designers include the second wing with the effect of preventing drag created by obstacles…
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A 380 'Flying Castle' worth half a billion dollars
Royal bedrooms, Turkish baths and Roll-Royce garage, and meeting room with giant screen watching the ground, A380 'flying castle' cost up to 500 million USD.