Stunning V-shaped plane takes flight for first time in boost to future of air-travel

Daily Star UK ^ | 22:14, 5 SEP 2020 | Tom Bull

[irishjuggler]

That’s true.

[JohnnyP]

The ones made in Asia...never mind.

[SunkenCiv]

Experts tested a 22.5kg and a 3-metre scale model of the futuristic plane, developed by researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

We'll be moving great distances on hyperloops -- not on new kinds of planes, and not on Elon's rockets.

[Does so]

Hotly?

[GOPJ]

hyperloops ... isn’t that how UFO’s travel without sound or wind resistance?

[camle]

bernulli lifting fuselage concept from the 50’s?

[xrmusn]

OK, thanks for info.

BUT

The question (unasked) was

What do you call a BOOMERANG that doesn’t come back.

I am on the ‘Schiff List’ with picture up and persona non grata in ALL Outback Steakhouses because I ask that question every time...<:<:<:

[Bon of Babble]

I think you’re correct. Other pointed out how poorly written the article is, including many typos.

[PLMerite]

I dunno, but if you put red high heels on the vertical stabilizers, it’d be much more interesting.

[usconservative]

It looks like a Microsoft Office assistant

Never get me in one of those. Rebooting in mid-air has gotta be a b**ch.

[null and void]

Hmmmmm, add antistatic spikes at the base of those fins, and paint the fins and spikes red...

[T.B. Yoits]

There's also the pesky matter of just where those overhead jet engines go in the event of a hard landing or mount failure.

Overhead mounted engines, especially behind a large wing design like that, are at risk for ice coming off the wings and into the engines.

[wildbill]

Great views and practically no chance of survival in a rough landing. Everything is a trade off, risk vs. reward, eh?