Earlier this week, Boeing introduced a prototype “blended wing” aircraft that consumes 30% less fuel than the most fuel efficient aircraft in service today.

Boeing’s X48B Prototype


Reports indicate that the military will first benefit from this advance by 2022 with a commercial variant arriving in 2030. That’s a long way out there, but it’s still interesting to see where things might be headed.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2007 at 6:51 am and is filed under Conservation, Transportation.