The birth of a quieter, greener plane: 35% more fuel-efficient; Cambridge-MIT Institute's 'Silent' Aircraft Initiative
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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It still remains to be seen if pax will be willing to sit in a
blended wing aircraft. There will be almost no windows and the seat
configuration will be more like a theater than a traditional
airplane. It will result in considerable disorientation for the pax.
Maybe people will get used to it, but maybe they won't. I don't have
high hopes for it.
Sitting in the middle seats of a 747, or in a BWB would be much the
same.
Exactly what I was thinking.
If you give all of the passengers a LCD in front of them, and the
ability to switch to different views, I'll bet most will have no
problem with it.
It's only recently that LCDs were available on 747s, and people weren't
complaining about not having them. I'd think that there would be some kind
of in-flight entertainment system that would satisfy most pax.
Neil
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