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First-Ever Silent Plane

November 29 , 2018 2188 days 888 0
  • 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.

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