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Old October 18th 07, 11:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Phil
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Default Blended-wing Airliner

On Oct 17, 1:32 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:55:55 -0700, Phil wrote
in . com:

Thirty Five percent more fuel efficient. That would translate into
less expensive tickets.


With petroleum at record high prices, by the time someone brought this
design to market, the tickets would cost more not less. :-(


Yeah, and it's only likely to keep going up. Of course, that's all
the more reason to build something that is more fuel efficient.