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Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na -- Batwing!
Radical design might help curb greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft |
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02 Nov 2005 |
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| Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na -- Batwing! Radical design might help curb greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft Under pressure to reduce fuel use and greenhouse-gas emissions, the airline industry may turn to a futuristic airplane design sketched by Sir Frederick Handley Page in the 1960s. The delightfully dubbed "batwing" would be built of plastic rather than today's heavy aluminum, and would be covered in ti ... |
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