McDonnell Douglas Eyes Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas hopes NASA will support its ideas for a blended wing body (BWB) transport - able to carry some 800 passengers at a fraction of today's cost - with a program to build an X-plane research aircraft that could start in 1998. Designers in Long Beach, Calif., one year into a three-year,...
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