No windows on new planes
The designers of a new supersonic jet are planning to do away with windows to make it fly faster.
Spike Aerospace says it will replace cabin windows with thin display screens embedded in the wall.
The company says windows add weight to the aircraft and not having them will reduce drag and make the plane go quicker.
Instead of a window, cameras recording outside the aircraft will display pictures on the screens. Passengers will be able to dim the screens or change the images.
Spike Aerospace, based in Boston in the US, claims it will launch the first supersonic S-512 supersonic business jet in 2018, with the capability to reach destinations in half the time it currently takes.
For example, passengers will be able to fly from New York to London in three to four hours and from Los Angeles to Tokyo in eight hours.
A company statement says: "We expect the first customers for the jet will be businesses and their management teams that need to manage global operations more efficiently.
"They will be able to reach destinations faster, evaluate more opportunities and have a bigger impact on their enterprises.
"In time, supersonic travel will be available to everyone so they can explore more of the world, faster."
Spike is working with a team of engineers, consultants and partners with years of experience at Boeing, Gulfstream, Airbus. Eclipse, NASA, JPL and other aerospace companies.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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