Airbus plans for 2050 flight travel!

[Lee]

Yahoo News Story

Looks good yet I don't see how this is physically possible????

[myke]

I wouldn't be able to cope with that, it'd make me feel dizzy and sick. Not for me thanks Airbus!

[lawrawrrr]

Looking out of the aeroplane windows makes me feel sick, so this looks like hell... and the sun would be blinding? Can't see it working very well TBH. Does look very futuristic.

Hang on... don't they have BETTER THINGS to spend their money on?!

[Mark]

I think it looks amazing! I'd love to go on a plane like that. Id guess that the windows would have some sort of blackout thing on them?

[Lee]

I think it looks amazing! I'd love to go on a plane like that. Id guess that the windows would have some sort of blackout thing on them?

Looking out of the aeroplane windows makes me feel sick, so this looks like hell... and the sun would be blinding? Can't see it working very well TBH. Does look very futuristic.

Hang on... don't they have BETTER THINGS to spend their money on?!

Them two quotes represent two oposite people, I personally would enjoy this new plane because I am like Mark and enjoy the idea however other people (like Fire Girl) do not feel comfortable on planes if they're afraid of heights or something so this transparent plane would not be their cup of tea.

Depends on yourself doesn't it!

[lawrawrrr]

Them two quotes represent two oposite people, I personally would enjoy this new plane because I am like Mark and enjoy the idea however other people (like Fire Girl) do not feel comfortable on planes if they're afraid of heights or something so this transparent plane would not be their cup of tea.

Depends on yourself doesn't it!

It's not that I'm afraid of heights (which I am, but aeroplanes don't bother me for that 'cos they're so safe), but because looking at scenery/outside whilst travelling makes me ill, I get very travelsick I like the idea of things to do (such as the golf game) onboard, distractions are always good!

[Lee]

It's not that I'm afraid of heights (which I am, but aeroplanes don't bother me for that 'cos they're so safe), but because looking at scenery/outside whilst travelling makes me ill, I get very travelsick I like the idea of things to do (such as the golf game) onboard, distractions are always good!

Yeh I didn't mean you were afraid of heights specifically, it was just an example of one of the many reasons people may not enjoy looking out of windows

[Mathew]

This looks absolutely fantastic and I would be on one of those in a heartbeat (it would be even better if it had a transparent floor too.. ). It should be easy enough for them to do; all they need is transparent plastic which is the same strength of the metals which currently make up an aircraft. I feel that air travel as a whole has severely regressed since the demise of Concorde. After so many years, they finally managed to get a superb flying machine; one which could take regular passengers like you and I at the speed of sound, getting us over the Atlantic in just three hours. This was the way forward, and it's such a shame that it's been scrapped and we're still flying at such an (arguably) slow speed.

Ask your parents and it will become clear that in the late 1900's, the vision for the 2000's was futuristic, robots, hoverboards and the likes - hey, all you have to do is watch Back to the Future. Whilst I do think that all this is certainly possible, it would be such a shame if we're let down yet again.

[Ajthedragon]

I hate heights but in a plane I don't seem to care!

I'd love this provided the floor wasn't glass!

[Aaron]

Don't see how that'd be possible to make.. Nice though, but seems a bit plain.