Traffic 12 o'clock, 10 miles, invisible A320

[gotta_fly]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/09/17/airbus-wants-build-invisible-passenger-planes/

Airbus thinks that invisible airplanes might be the wave of the future. I'm pretty sure I'd be a lot less comfortable flying if I could see the ground whipping by beneath me, not to mention that a see-through floor makes it a lot harder to hide all the dirt and grime.

 

[jtmedli]

Yeah umm...I don't see this going over too well. I don't know too many airline pax who are comfortable flying to the point that they would want to jump in an 'invisible plane'. Actually, I don't think I know anyone, other than myself and I'm not that thrilled about it, who would want to do that.

 

[craftingraptor]

I would enjoy it. It would be fun as sh**.

I fully expect some people to get vertigo and ruin all my fun though.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

I can't say that I'd want to work on an invisible plane, way too much to try and hide as to not freak out the passengers. It would be a maintainer’s nightmare.

 

[wplax26]

Would the walls to the head be invisible as well?

 

[phrogdriver]

"Do you have that traffic in sight?"

"No, but I see 150 people squatting at FL 250. Is that what I'm looking for?"

 

[PropAddict]

When you can't built a legitimately superior product, you resort to gimmicks to sell your wares.

I can't help but feel Airbus has just jumped the shark with this one.

 

[SWACQ]

"The extraordinary design would allow travelers to look down on cities and landscapes thousands of feet below or gaze up at the heavens, giving them the sensation of floating unassisted through the sky."

That's a neat idea, but it assumes that I can see down past my feet which are jammed up against my carry-on because 1) the overhead spaces are packed to the gills, and 2), there's not enough room between seats even if my carry-on was in the overhead.

 

[A4sForever]

Obviously an engineer's wet-dream ... and typical AirBus 'fluff' ... but it would kinda' fuck up the airborne 'see & avoid' concept in aviation ...

 

[ryan1234]

wait 'til they have some hydraulic leak or some emergency... and everyone can see exactly what's going on... yipee

 

[jollygreen07]

Lame. Looking for other airplanes is about the only thing that entertains me during one of TACAMO's famous 40-bajillion hour flights.

Well, that and reading my NATOPS.

.... I almost typed that second part without laughing.

Stupid Airbus.

 

[LazersGoPEWPEW]

Brings a whole new meaning to the term ScairBus. I still wouldn't fly on it.

 

[Homer J]

Would the walls to the head be invisible as well?

Ya mean like this?

 

[craftingraptor]

"I couldn't help but notice that you didn't wash your hands in the invisible sink."