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Lockheed unveil next generation HWB airlifter concept

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Aviation Week revealed Lockheed Martin's next generation airlifter design called the Hybrid Wing Body (HWB) concept, that promises drastic reduction in operating cost. (www.aviationanalysis.net) More...

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markosmalliarakis
Where is the extraordinary difference with the Boeing-NASA X-48B ? (the scale model flew 8 years ago !)

skylab72
skylab72 1
note: http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/tunnel3a.htm
skylab72
skylab72 1
If your point is that this is not a 'new' concept, you are correct. In fact even the 'early' Boeing 'blended wing' publicity was not new. The 'body as wing' concept originated with Vincent Burnelli in the early 1920s, and patents were issued at that time frame for this and many other supporting aerodynamic concepts coming to the fore in the last two decades.

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