Eco-Friendly Plane looks like a UFO


	Eco-Friendly Plane looks like a UFO

skwirlinator

7-26-2007 3:37 AM

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UFOs may soon no longer be just the realm of science fiction writers: researchers at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have started working on an "ultra eco-friendly plane" of the future which, in the vision of project director Etnel Straatsma, happens to be a flying saucer. As the head of recently-started <A href="http://www.delcraftworks.tudelft.nl/" >CleanEra project</A>, he hopes to design a plane that will reduce noise and release 50% less carbon dioxide per passenger-mile than current airliners. 
According to Alexander de Haan, also of Delft University but not affiliated with the project, the main challenge will be over...
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