Plastic C-5 Galaxy
by Ben on Apr.02, 2008, under Aeronautics, Aerospace, Air Force, Green, Military
Thanks, Noah.
Let’s go one better: develop a highly-advanced means of powering our vehicles without petroleum AND build those same vehicles out of lightweight composites to improve fuel efficiency as detailed below.
Concerns about the growing costs of jet fuel and the dependence of the United States on foreign oil have prompted the US Air Force (USAF) to dramatically accelerate research into aircraft made from composite and other advanced materials that can fly farther on less fuel.
The USAF’s latest advanced materials project, known as the Efficient Affordable Global Lift (EAGL) flight demonstrator, will aim to construct and fly the biggest advanced materials aircraft ever built by the US military - in just 36 months.
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