My oh my what a difference 15 years can make to the aviation industry and the way we fly.
A Spanish industrial and graphic designer has looked at the industry’s past, present and potential future to create ‘Progress Eagle’ – an aircraft travellers could be flying on by the end of the next decade.
Unveiling the concept this week, the four-cabin, triple-decker aircraft would be capable of carrying 800 passengers – around 50 passengers less than an A380.
Following on from the current trend of cleaner flying, the aircraft would be powered by six superconductive engines. These engines would extract hydrogen from H20 in the atmosphere and use it to refuel tanks, News.com.au reported.
Neat!
Passengers onboard would continue to be separated by class, but with even more division.
The concept sees First Class travellers sitting on the top deck to offer sky views through a hexagonal patterned glass panelled ceiling.
Business passengers would sit in the middle section of the plane, while economy would be renamed to ‘tourist class’ and located on the bottom.
There’s also the addition of a fourth cabin ‘Pilot’s Class’ – which gives passengers 290 degrees of the sky, virtual windows, panoramic cinema, wider seats and 3D screens.
But that’s not all.
The wings would have a ‘foldaway’ function, to fit aircraft at various international airports.
Materials used to make the future aircraft would include fibre carbon, grapheme, ceramic and composite materials.
Progress Eagle would also have a “self-healing skin with metal materials, perovskite crystals and more”.
Designer Oscar Vinals said the concept was created using technology not in existence yet.
“The innovations that the Progress Eagle presents could be available in 15 years time based on the evolution of current technology and future progress in uses of theoretical physics solutions.”
