Will This One Day Be As Historic As The First Airplane Flight At Kitty Hawk? Or Is It Much Ado About Nothing?

[Nameless14]

Scientists have now developed a plane that has absolutely no moving parts. And have flown it already. What do you think about this?

[Zacs-Master]

A link for anyone interested in the back story. Or even the actual story:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/21/first-ever-plane-with-no-moving-parts-takes-flight

[Baldric]

Can you supply a link please?

[Baldric]

Thanks

[Zacs-Master]

Necessity is always the mother of invention. The father is usually financial gain.

[Canary42]

They told Frank Whittle (jet engine) it would never fly, so who knows ?

[jim360]

It's not clear that this type of plane scales very well, so maybe not worth getting excited about. You never know, though!

[Theland]

It's a start. And a good one.
No surprise it came from the west, and the adherents of 7th century philosophy, sitting on oil will just look on incredulous.

[jim360]

What in blazes are you on about now?

[naomi24]

Brilliant – and well worth getting excited about! A tentative step towards Star Trek!

[Theland]

Jim - Just applause for western inventiveness.

[Old_Geezer]

I think it needs a lot of development yet before it has much practical use.
Bully for then getting it to work though.