The scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built and flown the first-ever silent airplane with no moving propellers or jet turbines.
It is the first-ever plane having no moving parts in propulsion system, as it does not carry propellers or turbines and also not depends on fossil fuels to fly.
At present, every aircraft has moving parts such as propellers, turbine bladespowered by combustion of fossil fuels producing a whining buzz.
It is inspired from movie and television series “Star Trek”.
It is powered by ionic wind or electrodynamic thrust, a silent but mighty flow of ions that is produced aboard plane.