Windowless

Fancy this.....?

A UK aerospace firm has released images of its windowless plane concept in which display screens show the environment outside the plane as well as films and video conferencing. 

Windowless planes could revolutionise air travel as airlines seek to reduce their spending on fuel and new supersonic aircraft are developed. 

A French design agency released renderings in August showing its proposed design for a private jet completely devoid of windows in its fuselage.

Instead, the cabin would be lined with thin screens that could display surrounding vistas or screen films and work presentations.

Technicon Design says that removing windows from aircrafts will reduce their weight, thus reducing fuel and maintenance costs and giving designers greater opportunities to enhance and beautify their interiors. 

Gareth Davies, chief designer at Technicon Design, the company behind the concept, said: 

"Certain elements are already possible...such as the flexible displays. 

"The idea is to push the boundaries."

He added that future technology would hopefully allow people to display whatever images they wanted, the content only being "limited by your imagination."

For now, though, the technology remains only in the reach of the super-rich, but with the world's first commercial windowless plane already in the pipeline, it may be only a matter of time before the concept is adapted. 

US engineering firm Spike Aerospace is planning to launch a windowless cabin on board its luxury Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet in 2018, which the company says will also feature display screen technology.

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