[BITList] BOEING 797 -- WOW...

[franka]

oh well it was a nice thought
frank

On 3/12/2012 2:16 PM, x50type wrote:
> This has apparently bEen  doing the rounds since 2006.......
> The picture is a photoshop mock up.
> Snopes says there is no such aircraft .......
> Ct
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:59 AM, David Harvey <bison at iinet.net.au 
> <mailto:bison at iinet.net.au>> wrote:
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>> *.*
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>>     **BOEING 797 -- WOW...**
>>
>>             *She can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles at Mach 0.88 or 654
>>             mph with 1000 passengers on board ! ! !*
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>>             ***<Untitled attachment 00019.jpg>*
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>>             *_The  BOEING  797_*
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             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.
>>
>>             "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.
>>
>>             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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