RE: The future of civil aviation
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 27-10-02 AT 07:54 AM (GMT)]Well, Captain Kirk, er sorry, Wombat, some interesting concepts and I see no reason why some of them shouldnt be realised in the near future, after all, just over a hundred years ago people thought the Wright brothers were mad to think they could get a heavier than air contraption to fly, but they did. As you say, some of these ideas do seem a bit far fetched but anythings possible.
But even assuming some of your ideas are realised , which government will be brave enough to give them the go ahead and also finance them , although the end poduct will mean cheaper operating costs and cheaper fares, the initial research will probably cost. The only country that could afford to pour money into something like this would be the US otherwise it would have to be a joint venture by European countries, as was the Airbus and the Euro-fighter, unfortunately whatever is invented, discovered, or thought up to bring aviation well into the 21st century is going to cost money, and the world we live in at the moment that would mean military rather than commercial aviation would get priority
The idea of a knockout gas to overcome hi-jackers and violent passengers seems a good idea, in fact thats almost exactly what they did in Moscow to overcome the Chezchuan terrorists, so, one of your ideas has been realised already.
A nuclear powered aircraft is certainly an interesting concept
The commercial aircraft industry at the moment seems to be like that proverbial snowball, its getting bigger and faster and pretty soon its gonna come to a halt a break up, but I’m confident that there’s some boffins somewhere with the industies best interests at heart.
Phew! that was long winded for me! I hope I made some sense
Sober at last
Dave
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