On 12 Sep 2005 15:55:39 -0700, "Ben Hallert"
wrote in .com::

There's been a lot of work over the years at Boeing on the Blended Wing
Body, I wonder if this is the same airplane, just retasked as a quiet
plane as well as a fuel efficient/large one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_Wing_Body
http://funimg.pchome.com.tw/img_uplo....tw_230558.jpg


Jack Northrop knew in the early days of aviation, before 1927, that
the path of aircraft evolution was necessarily going to eliminate the
empennage. After successfully designing a tailless bomber*, he
conceived of flying wing passenger airliners:
http://www.warbirdforum.com/paxwing.htm

* http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/fta198.htm