NASA Superb Futuristic Aircraft Designs

NASA Superb Futuristic Aircraft Designs

These eco-friendly planes have been dubbed ‘greener flying machines for the year 2025’.

Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft depends on our ability to reduce the level of sonic booms. NASA has been exploring a variety of options for quieting the boom, starting with design concepts and moving through wind tunnel tests to flight tests of new technologies. This rendering of a possible future civil supersonic transport shows a vehicle that is shaped to reduce the sonic shockwave signature and also to reduce drag. (Image & Text Courtesy: NASA)

Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft depends on our ability to reduce the level of sonic booms. NASA has been exploring a variety of options for quieting the boom, starting with design concepts and moving through wind tunnel tests to flight tests of new technologies. This rendering of a possible future civil supersonic transport shows a vehicle that is shaped to reduce the sonic shockwave signature and also to reduce drag. (Image & Text Courtesy: NASA)

This computer-generated image shows a possible future "flying wing" aircraft, very efficiently and quietly in flight over populated areas. This kind of design, produced by Northrop Grumman, would most likely carry cargo at first and then also carry passengers. This design is among those presented to NASA at the end of 2011 by companies that conducted NASA-funded studies into aircraft that could enter service in 2025.

This future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The team used simulation tools to show it was possible to achieve over-land flight by dramatically lowering the level of sonic booms through the use of an "inverted-V" engine-under wing configuration. Other revolutionary technologies help achieve range, payload and environmental goals. This concept is one of two designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies into advanced supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-2035 time frame.

The "Icon-II" future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by The Boeing Company. A design that achieves fuel burn reduction and airport noise goals, it also achieves large reductions in sonic boom noise levels that will meet the target level required to make supersonic flight over land possible. This concept is one of two designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies into advanced supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-2035 timeframe.

Lockheed Martin's advanced vehicle concept proposes a box wing design, which is now feasible thanks to modern lightweight composite (nonmetallic) materials, landing gear technologies and other advancements. Its Rolls Royce Liberty Works Ultra Fan Engine achieves a bypass ratio (flow of air around engine compared to through the engine) nearly five times greater than current engines, pushing the limits of turbofan technology to maximize efficiency. This design is among those presented to NASA at the end of 2011 by companies that conducted NASA-funded studies into aircraft that could enter service in 2025.

Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft depends on our ability to reduce the level of sonic booms. NASA has been exploring a variety of options for quieting the boom, starting with design concepts and moving through wind tunnel tests to flight tests of new technologies. This rendering of a possible future civil supersonic transport shows a vehicle that is shaped to reduce the sonic shockwave signature and also to reduce drag. (Image & Text Courtesy: NASA)

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This computer-generated image shows a possible future "flying wing" aircraft, very efficiently and quietly in flight over populated areas. This kind of design, produced by Northrop Grumman, would most likely carry cargo at first and then also carry passengers. This design is among those presented to NASA at the end of 2011 by companies that conducted NASA-funded studies into aircraft that could enter service in 2025. 

This future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The team used simulation tools to show it was possible to achieve over-land flight by dramatically lowering the level of sonic booms through the use of an "inverted-V" engine-under wing configuration. Other revolutionary technologies help achieve range, payload and environmental goals. This concept is one of two designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies into advanced supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-2035 time frame. 

The "Icon-II" future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by The Boeing Company. A design that achieves fuel burn reduction and airport noise goals, it also achieves large reductions in sonic boom noise levels that will meet the target level required to make supersonic flight over land possible. This concept is one of two designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies into advanced supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-2035 time frame. 

AIR CHARTER : How To Choose An Airport

AIR CHARTER : How To Choose An Airport

You'll be surprised to know that scheduled airlines don't even use many airports across the country. Moreover, most of these operate their flights between odd major hubs. On the other hand, charter operators use these these odd hubs. So chances are bright that one airport is closer to your point of departure and arrival than the closest major airport. 

Even before you begin your experience of the convenience of flying charter aircraft you can make personal and business trips simpler just by flying in & out of an airport closer to you. With thousands more arrival & departure points available, air-charter travelers can now significantly cut down on time getting to and from the airport. A majority of the airports available for general aviation are private - though almost all are available for public use. 

These are chosen on the basis of runway-length and services that may them practical for charter travel. The air charter operator or broker you select should help you in choosing an airport, since working out the suitability of the airport becomes is their responsibility once the actual flight plan is filed. There is more thab just timesaving. Usually General aviation terminals are designed for comfort & convenience of a smaller number of travelers. 

They would take security as seriously as at larger terminals -- but you will never find a line of 150 passengers waiting in a queue at a metal detector in a fixed based operator (FBO). Its also possible that you'll be the only person in line. You might not find a lounge, comfortable chairs, a TV or magazines while waiting for your flight crew to find you. Chances are the crew will be waiting for you.

Traveling By Charter Plane

Traveling By Charter Plane

Our lives apparently have more hectic all the time and that we all would like to get where we should instead go as rapidly even as can. Despite the increasing tariff of air tickets, traveling by plane is nonetheless a very popular type of transportation. You’ll find however, frustrations with expanded security, lengthier lines, additional delays, and feeling like animals being herded over the airports and also on to destinations. With these additional pressures included with our business lives, charter flights is making headway in acceptance being a viable replacement for commercial airlines. Individuals who utilize chartered airline travel services love several advantages which might be hardly obtainable to people who purchase their air tickets from your conventional airlines. Many of these include flexibility of departure times, better conditions before, during and as soon as the flight, and meaningful savings of energy along with your money. Charter flights is often higher priced. And, you won’t get a lots of chances to capitalize on reduced airfare rates. However, the economies over time usually mean a tremendous savings in money. So much in fact that chartered flights are progressively becoming the favored kind of transit for executives.