The shape of jets to come
Airbus has released some tantalising glimpses of future airplane designs -- but is it all just another pie-in-the-sky fantasy from the aircraft manufacturers? asks Ben Sandilands
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Editor of Plane Talking @PlaneTalking
Ben Sandilands has reported and analysed the mechanical mobility of humanity since late 1960 - the end of the age of great scheduled ocean liners and coastal steamers and the start of the jet age. He’s worked in newspapers, radio and TV in a wide range of roles as a journalist at home and abroad for 56 years, the last 18 freelance.