Boeing Transonic Truss Braced Wing Concept
 

Looks like a mix between an Avro, a 737 and a 172. So Mr. Cessna was right all the time....
Needs a bit more ice protection equipment.

I'd usually use this: https://www.theregister.co.uk/Design...converter.html

However, "football pitch" is apparently an area measurement... not a unit of length. Thankfully, the article says 170 feet... which is: 5.6208 Double-decker buses...


You're welcome. :}

Tail from a 146. Fuselage and undercarriage from an ATR72 and a stretched strutted wing from a Shorts 360.

0.55 Olympic size swimming pools, I think ;)

The Boeing Biplane !!!!

The really ought to stick the tailplane on the front and turn it into a biplane canard. Orville and Wilbur would have approved.

Presumably these are truss-braced FOLDING wings to fit into existing gates.

A bit of Bellanca Cruisemaster too, and Maurice Hurel's narrow wing.

Is different from:

I think that the "pitch" is European, (and perhaps metric?), where the "field" is American (funny shaped ball & amoured players), and I presume imperial. I'll try to find the conversion to cubits to help everyone out ;)

Looks frickin' awful.
So will it fly frickin' awful?

How is the strut/wing interface going to be anything but draggy?

Boeing has been studying this concept for some time now, with some research aided by NASA. The belief is that the truss wing will further reduce fuel consumption . . .

https://www.nasa.gov/aero/boeing_sugar_wind_tunnel.html

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....65fe05413e.jpg

And . . . if you really want to read about the aerodynamic advantages of truss-winged aircraft - here you go.

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...-Wing_Aircraft

One presumes it will come with a set of step ladders for the engineers? :)

http://www.aviation-history.com/vickers/vimy-14a.jpg

Twin engines, strut braced, long range...there's nothing new in Aviation.

Transonic?
 

So they want to fly their green jet a tad faster now?

A little narrower than Wales