Get ready it’s almost here.
BOEING 797 It can comfortably fly 10,000 Miles (16,000 km) at Mach 0.88 or 654 mph (1,046 km/h) with 1000 passengers on board !
They have kept this secret long enough.
The BOEING 797 Boeing
is preparing this 1000 passenger Jet Liner that could reshape the Air
Travel Industry. Its radical "Blended Wing Fuselage" design has been
developed by Boeing in cooperation with NASA Langley Research Centre.
The mammoth aircraft will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to 211
feet of its 747, and it’s been designed to fit within the newly created
Air Terminals for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.
The
new 797 is Boeing's direct response to the Airbus A380, which has
racked up orders for 159 already. Boeing decided to kill its 747X
Stretched Super Jumbo in 2003 after little interest was shown for it by
Airline Companies, but continued to develop its "Ultimate Airbus
Crusher", the 797 at its Phantom Works Research Facility in Long Beach,
California. The
Airbus A380 had been in the works since 1999 and has accumulated $13
Billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge advantage.
More
so because Airbus is thus committed to the older style tubular structure
for their aircraft for decades to come.
There
are several big advantages in the "Blended Wing Fuselage" design, the
most important being the “Lift to Drag” ratio which is expected to
increase by an amazing 50%, resulting in an overall weight reduction of
the aircraft by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more fuel efficient than
the A380, and thus making the Airbus's $13 Billion Dollar investment
look pretty shaky.
"High
Airframe Rigidity" is another key factor in the "Blended Wing Fuselage"
technology. It reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the
airframe which adds to fuel efficiency, giving the 797 a tremendous
10,000 Mile range with 1,000 passengers on board cruising comfortably at
Mach 0.88 or 654 MPH, which gives it another advantage over the
tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 MPH.
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