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Is this what air travel will look like in 2050? (6)

(Mail Online)    13:36, March 14, 2016

For their high-capacity aircraft, the designers took cues from futuristic concepts previously produced by Airbus, Boeing and Nasa

The team said its concept plane would run on low-emission biofuels and be propelled by clusters of electric fans powered by small engines, producing just a tiny fraction of the emissions from current aircraft and reducing drag.

It said large portions of the seating, flooring and walls could be made from ultra-light metal microlattice developed by Boeing.

While creating the low-emission, high-capacity aircraft, the designers took cues from futuristic concepts previously produced by Airbus, Boeing and Nasa.

With electric fans powered by small engines, the plane would produce just a tiny fraction of the emissions from current aircraft


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