The Future of Aviation

Future Aviation By Maritime
Future airplanes will hopefully become, more Eco friendly, cheaper, safer, faster, some not needing a pilot, quieter, and bigger in capacity.

Because of more slender bodies and some having “blended wings”, like one of Boeing’s new unpiloted test aircraft that looks like a variant of the F-117 Night Hawk fighter, they will be faster.

To be quicker and carry more cargo, planes are getting more compact and some will not have pilots or passengers. Because of this, planes will be able to take more goods in fewer trips, making the transferring of goods quicker and easier.

Air travel needs to become more like road travel because air travel is quicker and safer, but, in order for air travel to be more like road travel, it needs to be cheaper and more accessible so that everyone who wants it can have access to it.

Boeing has a new fuel sell zero emissions plane that took its first flight in Spain and flew for 20 minutes and had no problems. This is a great step toward Eco friendlier aviation but there’s still more to be done.

Since jet planes were invented air travel is safer because of new technology. New technology like longer range radar, flight simulators that help new pilots get much needed practice, devices that tell the pilot if there are other planes or storms near by, if the plane is too low, too high, in line or not with the runway, or if they are in unauthorized areas.

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