Blended wing Boeing aircraft

VegasFlyer · Chief Captain Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 2140

Report: Boeing Has Customer For Blended Wing Body
Rick Price
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News

POSTED: 4:02 pm PDT June 6, 2007

SEATTLE -- Even as it develops its new 787, there are rumblings Boeing has something even bigger in the pipeline.

The aviation industry Web site Leeham.Net is reporting that two customers, possibly FedEx and UPS, are talking with Boeing about a freighter version of what's called the Blended Wing Body, a highly efficient flying wing design.

Boeing has been doing low-level studies for years on the plane, which could carry even more than the huge, but conventionally shaped Airbus A-380.

Six years ago, we showed you artists' conceptions and pictures of a scale model test of the concept -- a joint project with NASA and Stanford University.

Neither Boeing nor its customers have yet committed to go ahead with the project.
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Karlw · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:38 pm

I heared of that aircraft the bwb the only problem is when they try to pressurize it it try's to turn into a cylinder but otherwise hope this plane comes out i would love to see one at the gate

VegasFlyer · Chief Captain Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 2140

If it does coume out one day I think that airports will have to do major upgrading because of its wingspan! I agree with you it would be very exciting to see one up close! Smile

Cheeks · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:14 am

i dont think that'll be happining for a looooong time yet

belgeode · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:17 pm

I can see it now... their first customer will be Qantas... who will of course paint it to look like a boomerang...

Shocked

Cheeks · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:43 am

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