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1. 4fterd+rE
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2026-02-03 18:11:31
>>CGMthr+(OP)
Everything old is new again... McDonnell Douglas looked into the propfan thing. Boeing looked into the propfan thing. Now it's Airbus' turn. IIRC the technology has been ready for years but the passengers are freaked out by it.
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2. cherry+fM
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2026-02-03 18:40:22
>>4fterd+rE
Real problem was noise, not passengers. Immense advances in aeroacoustics over the past 40 years thanks to CFD is the main enabler here.
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