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Boeing's fuel-efficient aircraft design wins $425 million award from NASA
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| JAN. 18, 2023 / 4:05 PM
| By Matt Bernardini
Posted on 01/19/2023 8:07:30 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Hmmm.... with a larger wing span they will have to reconfigure the terminal gates at airports. They won’t be able to get as many planes into the terminal gates unless the wings are foldable?
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:27:04 AM PST
by
Mr. Mohasky
(Common sense in a world lacking any, will be perceived & construed as an extreme point of view.)
To: NorthMountain
And better this than them doing the climate change crap.
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:27:42 AM PST
by
pas
To: Victor
I always liked the rear engine era the best.
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:36:15 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: Red Badger
All the new software will be designed and written in India.
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:43:45 AM PST
by
Revel
To: Revel
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posted on
01/19/2023 10:52:28 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Magnum44
One ‘sploded engine with cell camera video of a few passengers cut to doll rags by shattered turbine blades might hurt the continued use of the model.
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posted on
01/19/2023 11:00:30 AM PST
by
null and void
(LibWhacker ~ "Thank goodness for bureaucrats." (taken grossly out of context by nully...))
To: null and void
There are many planes flying today with designs that put the engine prop/fan/compressor in direct line of sight with the fuselage. Yes, it could happen. Does it? Not enough to drive design change.
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posted on
01/19/2023 11:03:13 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Those seats staring at the loud underwing engine and strut are going to be real desirable.The rear seats in an MD-80 are like that. Noisy as hell next the turbines. Also in the rare case of fan disintegration it will kill you.
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posted on
01/19/2023 11:31:29 AM PST
by
cpdiii
(CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
To: CurlyDave
And is the fuel stored in the area above the passenger compartment?
Aside. If they want to lose weight they need to start thinking about using a weldable lighter weight Scandium-Aluminum alloy. Rio Tinto has a mine in Canada. There is also a mine being developed in Nebraska.
To: 1Old Pro
I thought their primary focus was on diversity.
Oddly, I thought it was Muslim outreach.
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posted on
01/19/2023 12:28:19 PM PST
by
ro_dreaming
(Who knew that in 2022 "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
LOL...and William Shatner won’t be able to see the Wing Creature ripping off the panels, either!
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posted on
01/19/2023 12:31:10 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Red Badger
NASA’s total yearly Federal budget is less than $25B. To give $425M to a single project is a big deal.
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posted on
01/19/2023 3:19:51 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Red Badger
The lower truss adds lift. In a way it is a biplane.
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posted on
01/19/2023 3:23:27 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Those seats staring at the loud underwing engine and strut are going to be real desirable.At least when it throws a blade, it's pretty clear where it's going to go - right into economy plus seats.
Everything should be fine as long as they call it a 737 so Southwest doesn't have to re-train their pilots.
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posted on
01/19/2023 5:26:23 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I think it was Eastern Airlines that dubbed the Boeing 727 "Whisperjet"....
So true...the cabins were so quiet; I remember DC-9 takeoffs, couldn't hear the engines and suddenly you were airborne-
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posted on
01/20/2023 3:37:30 PM PST
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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