Blended-wing Airliner

Jim Stewart wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:79f137ded6b56@uwe:

Here's an interesting proposal from 1929 :

http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/BelGeddes.htm

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


And, appropriately, it was on the cover of popular mechanix or one of
those around the time it was designed.

I'd love to have flown it..


Did you see the crew list? A gymnast?


Cool.

I could even go and have a nap enroute.


Bertie



THE CREW
1 Captain
1 Mate
2 Navigators
2 Pilots
1 Chief Engineer
2 Engineers
7 Mechanics
2 Radio Operators
2 Electricians
4 Seamen
1 Purser
1 Cashier
2 Telephone Operators
2 Clerks
1 Stenographer
1 Librarian
1 Baggage Master
2 Baggage Men
1 Chief Steward
1 Chief Dining-Room Steward
2 Head Waiters
2 Wine Stewards
24 Waiters
7 Bus Boys
1 Chief Bar Steward
9 Bar Stewards
1 Chief Deck Steward
6 Deck Stewards
1 Chef,
6 Cooks,
2 Dishwashers,
24 Room Stewards,
16 Room Stewardesses.
1 Doctor ,
1 Nurse,
1 Gymnast,
1 Masseur,
1 Masseuse,
1 Barber,
1 Hairdresser,
1 Manicurist,
7 Musicians,
I Shop Attendant,
1 Children's Room Stewardess