China tests 800-seat flying wing aircraft bigger than the B-2 bomber

China tests 800-seat flying wing aircraft bigger than the B-2 bomber

China is exploring a radical passenger aircraft design that could carry more than 800 people, potentially creating one of the largest airliners ever conceived. The aircraft abandons the familiar tube-and-wing layout used by Boeing and Airbus. Instead, nearly the entire structure forms a broad flying wing that generates lift. Researchers at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, or CARDC, have already begun testing a scale model.…