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MUNICH (Reuters) - Boeing Co 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, described by project head Robert Liebeck this week, is that the whole structure of the aircraft would work to generate lift.
MUNICH (Reuters) - Boeing Co 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, described by project head Robert Liebeck this week, is that the whole structure of the aircraft would work to generate lift.
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