Is This the Airplane of the Future?
| January 21, 2015
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4. Size Does Matter
It’s a bird; no, it’s a plane; no, it’s a whale. A flying whale? If the name of the game is to cut down on costs by flying more passengers, the next “jumbo” jet could be the bulbous-looking “Sky Whale” or the “Double Bubble”. Whatever it’s called, it will have either more decks or a wider berth to carry over 1000 people.
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