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Batwing airliners would cut noise by half

November 30, 2004

Bedfordshire, England - "batwing" aircraft, which would be far quieter and more fuel efficient than any conventional airliner, is being developed by British and American scientists.

Flight tests of a scale model of the "blended wing body" plane, built by Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, have already begun.

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