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Chandrakanth fort; and are environment friendly. NASA’s goals for a 2030-era aircraft are: electricity-generating fuel cells to power advanced LIPS built a “Flying Ma- Airbus Research and Technology • A 71-decibel reduction below current Federal Aviation electrical systems. chine” which looked like head Axel Krein said, “The planes of Administration noise standards, which aim to contain • With its 180-passenger D8 “double bubble” configura- the future will offer an unparalleled, objectionable noise within airport boundaries. tion, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team a motorised “Venetian unobstructed view of the wonders of • A greater than 75 per cent reduction on the Inter- strays farthest from the familiar, fusing two aircraft blind”. Over a century the five continents —where you will be national Civil Aviation Organisation’s Committee on bodies together lengthwise and mounting three tur- later, “concept planes”, able to see the pyramids or the Eiffel Aviation Environmental Protection Sixth Meeting, or bofan jet engines on the tail. Important components of some of which are straight Tower through the transparent floor of CAEP/6, standard for nitrogen oxide emissions, which the MIT concept are the use of composite materials for Iout of science fiction, are flying off the drawing the aircraft.” This can be done using special ceramics. aims to improve air quality around airports. lower weight and turbofan engines with an ultra high boards at supersonic speed. The doable futuristic • A greater than 70 per cent reduction in fuel burn per- bypass ratio for more efficient thrust. In a reversal of SUPERSONIC CRUISING formance, which could reduce greenhouse gas emis- current design trends the MIT concept increases the by- designs are getting shape and expected to rede- Sometime around 2030 or 2035, a concept aircraft, envisioned sions and the cost of air travel. pass ratio by minimising expansion of the overall diam- fine air travel in the not so distant future. by Lockheed Martin, may take to the skies. The futuristic air- • The ability to exploit metroplex concepts that enable eter of the engine and shrinking the diameter of the jet Scientists, innovators, engineers and aircraft manufac- craft is set to revolutionise supersonic cruising by relying upon optimal use of runways at multiple airports within exhaust instead. The team said it designed the D8 to do turing companies are busy designing and working on “con- a so-called “inverted-V” engine-under wing configuration, metropolitan areas, as a means of reducing air traffic the same work as a Boeing 737-800. The D8’s unusual cept planes” driven by different needs. Aviation behemoths where the engines sit atop the wings rather than beneath. This congestion and delays. shape gives it a roomier coach cabin than the 737. such as Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and a host of oth- is expected to quiet the sonic boom, the main reason why su- • The Northrop Grumman team foresees the greatest ers are investing heavily in futuristic programmes of which personic flights are banned over land routes. That prevented FOUR TEAMS RACING need for a smaller 120-passenger aircraft that is tai- some may see the light of the day and some may not. the now-defunct Concorde airliner from going supersonic ex- The teams were led by General Electric, Massachusetts In- lored for shorter runways. The team describes its si- With the turn of the 21st century, a surfeit of aircraft de- cept over water during transatlantic trips. stitute of Technology, Northrop Grumman and Boeing. Here lent efficient low emission’s commercial transport (SE- signs surfaced that have been wildly imaginative and un- In October 2008, NASA gave a mandate to the industry and are some highlights from their final reports: LECT), concept as “revolutionary in its performance, if orthodox, particularly military aircraft with stealth and strike academia to develop advanced concepts for aircraft that could • GE Aviation conceptualises a 20-passenger aircraft not in its appearance.” Ceramic composites, nanotech- features. The designs are weird, exotic and even monstrous. satisfy anticipated commercial air transportation needs while that could reduce congestion at major metropolitan nology and shape memory alloys figure prominently In the civil aviation realm, the aircraft manufacturing compa- meeting specific energy efficiency, environmental and opera- hubs by using community airports. The aircraft has in the airframe and ultra high bypass ratio propulsion nies, propelled by business considerations, are considering tional goals in 2030 and beyond.