[BITList] The first pictures of the new Boeing 797 Airliner

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> The first pictures of the new Boeing 797 Airliner
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> Over 40 seats wide with 8 aisles –1,000 passengers and a crew of 50-ish!
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> */Get ready it's almost here./*
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> */BOEING 797/*
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> /It can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles (16,000 km) at Mach 0.88 or 654 
> mph (1,046 km/h) with 1,000 passengers on!/
>
> */They have kept this secret long enough./*
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> */This shot was taken last month/*
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> //
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> /The BOEING  797/
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> /Boeing is preparing this 1,000 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 it has 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./
>
> //
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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./
>
> /'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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> NOW HOW COOL IS THAT?
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