From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sun Jun 30 2002 - 12:16:27 MDT
Boeing may not be as uncompetitive as some recent posts
have suggested.
This article:
Boeing's BWB -- a Super-Efficient Bat Jet
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/SciTech/reuters20020628_291.html
indicates they are working on blended wing body jets that
would carry 480 people but use 32% less fuel than the Airbus
A380-700.
Anyone know what fraction of ticket costs are fuel?
The article also cites that the design is derived from the
B-47. Anyone know the history on the B-47? It was before
my time.
Robert
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