January 21, 2014 -- Updated 0706 GMT (1506 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Passengers will have virtual reality "windows" to view whatever they want
- Rotatable engines will allow the Sky Whale to take off vertically
- Viñals designed the aircraft to have self-repairing wings
At the very least you'll get something spectacular.
Oscar Viñals, a Spanish
designer and aviation enthusiast, has released details, and incredible
pictures, of what he is calling the "greenest aircraft imaginable."
Equipped with
self-repairing wings, large windows, a vertical takeoff ability and room
for 755 passengers, the "AWWA Sky Whale" joins several other outlandish
proposals for future aircraft that have cropped up in the last couple
of years.
Airbus predicted we'd be flying in transparent planes by 2050, while pilotless planes and space flight have also been forecast .
Viñals' design uses
hybrid engine technology and "active wings," among other things, to
create a plane that, should it ever get built, will not only look great
but will be one of the safest and most efficient planes in the sky.
The gallery above describes some of the features.
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