Comments on: The Shape of Planes to Come? http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Fate http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-367703 Fate Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:48:22 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=18309#comment-367703 what i want? a view of the outside itself. at first i was gonna say 'top down' like those fancy-looking cars. but i've seen that movie--anywyas, obviously the air resistance would be hard to bear. so how's about glass? thinking again; won't be pleasant to see a bird ram dead into what was supposedly air..then what about that um, two way mirror thing? you can look out and uh..the birds can look at themselves. netherless, i just wanted to look at the sky while in flight is all. i like how it's fuel effecient and quiet..though silence might be a bit unerving, i could just turn on some music. but why is it so wide? just to accomadate the the engines at the back? what i want? a view of the outside itself. at first i was gonna say ‘top down’ like those fancy-looking cars.

but i’ve seen that movie–anywyas, obviously the air resistance would be hard to bear. so how’s about glass?

thinking again; won’t be pleasant to see a bird ram dead into what was supposedly air..then what about that um, two way mirror thing? you can look out and uh..the birds can look at themselves. netherless, i just wanted to look at the sky while in flight is all.

i like how it’s fuel effecient and quiet..though silence might be a bit unerving, i could just turn on some music.

but why is it so wide? just to accomadate the the engines at the back?

]]> By: Dan http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-354501 Dan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:03:09 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=18309#comment-354501 Still, this is the next step we need to see in the greening of air travel in and of itself. I don't think the A380 offers enough of an advantage over the 747 (even the 8 variant) to be considered satisfactory. The 787 (and A350) are steps to break down the more egregious wastes of the hub-and-spoke system with greener point-to-point travel; now what we need to do is find a way to get 1500 people from LA to Beijing or London efficiently. I don't think they'll find a way to make current jumbo airframes half again as efficient. Boeing is doing studies now on military-oriented giant flying wings; let's hope market pressure might bring these airframes into the commercial sphere quickly. I saw a Discovery Channel special on future aircraft of this design; the seating resembled a large theatre or church, each row having maybe six aisles, and all outside viewing provided by video screens. The Window Seat will eventually become an anachronism. Still, this is the next step we need to see in the greening of air travel in and of itself. I don’t think the A380 offers enough of an advantage over the 747 (even the 8 variant) to be considered satisfactory. The 787 (and A350) are steps to break down the more egregious wastes of the hub-and-spoke system with greener point-to-point travel; now what we need to do is find a way to get 1500 people from LA to Beijing or London efficiently. I don’t think they’ll find a way to make current jumbo airframes half again as efficient.

Boeing is doing studies now on military-oriented giant flying wings; let’s hope market pressure might bring these airframes into the commercial sphere quickly. I saw a Discovery Channel special on future aircraft of this design; the seating resembled a large theatre or church, each row having maybe six aisles, and all outside viewing provided by video screens. The Window Seat will eventually become an anachronism.

]]> By: Ed http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-354367 Ed Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:33:29 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=18309#comment-354367 I'm 6'6" tall and I would like is more leg room. I’m 6′6″ tall and I would like is more leg room.

]]> By: Randy http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-354311 Randy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:47:19 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=18309#comment-354311 1. My air travel experiences would be improved if the loading and unloading of passengers was expedited--perhaps by using more than one door. 2. More eco+ could be achieved by by having a more coordinated transportation structure. long-distance air hubs should link quickly and easily to short-distance humb (VTOL aircraft, rail, subway, ???) to help free people from the 2-ton personal chariot paradigm so deeply entrenched in the public. (I find it frustrating that these same companies that expend their efforts to thwart upstart companies producing eficient vehicles are now seeking our tax dollars to finance their monopolimania.) 1. My air travel experiences would be improved if the loading and unloading of passengers was expedited–perhaps by using more than one door.

2. More eco+ could be achieved by by having a more coordinated transportation structure. long-distance air hubs should link quickly and easily to short-distance humb (VTOL aircraft, rail, subway, ???) to help free people from the 2-ton personal chariot paradigm so deeply entrenched in the public. (I find it frustrating that these same companies that expend their efforts to thwart upstart companies producing eficient vehicles are now seeking our tax dollars to finance their monopolimania.)

]]> By: Neagle http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081111/the-shape-of-planes-to-come/comment-page-1/#comment-354305 Neagle Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:40:25 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=18309#comment-354305 Improving airline travel needs to be taken on a wider outlook of overall continental travel. Passenger rail service should be designed to compliment air service by developing routs between major cities such as Albuquerque and Denver. Short flights are profit off-sets to major airlines and short flights cause a lot of unnecessary traffic in routs better served by rail. America needs to re-think Amtrak top down. Improving airline travel needs to be taken on a wider outlook of overall continental travel. Passenger rail service should be designed to compliment air service by developing routs between major cities such as Albuquerque and Denver. Short flights are profit off-sets to major airlines and short flights cause a lot of unnecessary traffic in routs better served by rail. America needs to re-think Amtrak top down.

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