A ‘flying wing’ aircraft designed to be the world’s first silent plane could be flying within 20 years.
A concept design with four engines on top of a wing-shaped fuselarge, would be so quiet that no noise would be heard outside an aiport’s perimter, according to a report in The Guardian.
Engineers at Cambridge University in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with the concept design.
Project manager Paul Collins reportedly said: “The basic concept is a flying wing with the engines mounted on top of the aircraft. The airframe itself will then shield the ground from the noise.”
Report by Phil Davies
