FanWing inventors display prototype aircraft at air show

LE BOURGET, France - Inventors of the FanWing technology, which uses "squirrel cage" fans mounted across the length of an aircraft's wings, have shown a prototype here at the Paris Air Show and are developing a version they hope could fly for up to 10 hours. The fans are driven by a motor connected...

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