In the dream world of futuristic airplane design, you watch the stars all around you through a transparent fuselage. High above the clouds, the plane’s miraculous bionic materials allow you at last to escape the thought that you’re trapped in a big metal tube crammed full of people who can’t wait to get back down on the ground. You never have the unsettling sensation—a feeling that can creep up on even the most seasoned traveler—that the cabin is closing in like a vise.
Airbus recently put out just such a fanciful picture in anticipation of the Paris Air Show that opened last week. Those of us who live another 40 years may yet fly in it for real. Or not. Most of these “planes of the future” never materialize.
But down in New Zealand, where just about every flight to anywhere else is a long haul, executives at the country’s national airline decided they just couldn’t wait any longer for some sort of breakthrough. And the lessons they learned exploring the inner space of airplanes could have an impact on the way all of us fly. More...
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