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September 13th 05, 03:33 PM
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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 
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