700 Plus on an Airplane?

[longknife]

Do we really need something like this?

Or this?

Read the story and see all the pix @ 'Sky Whale' design brings future of flying closer - CNN.com

 

[flacaltenn]

The more the merrier.. Could be hours to de-plane and get your luggage.
Dont know.. They can only put 2 people to either side of me.

 

[HenryBHough]

The extended family that flies together dies together.

Take out two of these skyvultures in a mid-air and you might make a major dent in global warming 'cause dead folks don't use cars or electricity - and definitely don't buy any more airline tickets.

 

[Politico]

Cool.

 

[Meathead]

Why not on trunk routes? More efficient and large airports can adapt.

 

[Kosh]

One of those planes has a practical use for carrying cargo, the other should never exist.

 

[Old Rocks]

High speed rail system. A lot more efficient, and easier to load and unload.

 

[Vikrant]

If you have to sit in an airplane for 16 hours straight, crammed up in a little space where you cannot even stretch your legs properly, you will wish that the airplanes were bigger and that you could sleep your way through. Right now you have only two options: a) suffer in the economy class or b) fork up $5K for a business class ticket. I think these bigger planes will make long distance travel more pleasant and affordable and I hope they come up with them soon. But for now, they are just fantasy but a good fantasy nevertheless.

 

[TheOldSchool]

If I'm going to get my own room with a magic window then I want at least a few days. Not 5 hours in an airport and 15 in the air.

Make that thing into a blimp

 

[percysunshine]

Is the swimming pool closer to the nose, or the tail?

I wouldn't want to walk all the way through economy class just to have a quick dip and a few laps.

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[ScienceRocks]

This is the kind of innovation that America needs...Things need to advance through change to keep our country on top.