[BITList] BOEING 797 -- WOW...

[David Harvey]

Blast, I knew I should have checked Snopes, ah well, apologies to all

Dave

On 12 March 2012 14:16, x50type <x50type at cox.net> wrote:

> This has apparently bEen  doing the rounds since 2006.......
> The picture is a photoshop mock up.
> Snopes says there is no such aircraft .......
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> On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:59 AM, David Harvey <bison at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> *BOEING 797 -- WOW...*****
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>  *She can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles at Mach 0.88 or 654 mph with 1000
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> *The  BOEING  797*****
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> Boeing is preparing this 1000 passenger Jet Liner that could reshape the
> Air Travel Industry. Its radical "Blended Wing & Fuselage" design has been
> developed by Boeing in cooperation with NASA Langley Research Centre. The
> mammoth aircraft will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to 211 feet of
> its 747, and its been designed to fit within the newly created Air
> Terminals for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.****
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> The new 797 is Boeing's direct response to the Airbus A380, which has
> racked up orders for 159 already. Boeing decided to kill its 747X Stretched
> Super Jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown for it by Airline
> Companies, but continued to develop its "Ultimate Airbus Crusher", the 797
> at its Phantom Works Research Facility in Long Beach, California.****
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> The Airbus A380 had been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13
> Billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage. More so
> because Airbus is thus committed to the older style tubular structure for
> their aircraft for decades to come.****
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> There are several big advantages in the "Blended Wing & Fuselage" design,
> the most important being the ‘Lift to Drag’ ratio which is expected to
> increase by an amazing 50%, resulting in an overall weight reduction of the
> aircraft by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more fuel efficient than the
> A380, and thus making the Airbus's $13 Billion Dollar investment look
> pretty shaky.****
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> "High Airframe Rigidity" is another key factor in the "Blended Wing &
> Fuselage" technology. It reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the
> airframe which adds to fuel efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous 10,000
> Mile range with 1,000 passengers on board cruising comfortably at Mach
> 0.88 or 654 MPH, which gives it another advantage over the tube-and-wing
> designed A380's 570 MPH.****
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> The exact date for introduction of the 797 is as yet unclear, but the
> battle lines are clearly drawn in the high-stakes war for future civilian
> aircraft supremacy.****
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