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Old 08-02-2011, 06:51 PM   #24 (permalink)
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flying wings

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Originally Posted by lunarhighway View Post
google "burnelli" a pioneer in flying wings and planes with an airfoil shaped fuselage, most of his ideas sadly never caught on and so planes are still tubes with wings stuck to it today.
Vincent Burnelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pics | Burnelli
I have seen artist renderings of his blended wing aircraft which I expect we will see in the future.Computer flight controls make a craft like this very doable.
Thanks for the images!
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