How's this for an innovative approach to air transport: Build a tube, put swept wings on it, insert podded engines under the wings, load people into the tube and propel them through the air with burning hydrocarbons. It has been done, you say? Apparently, China's aviation planners have not received the message. The C919, a 150-seat single-aisle jet proposed by Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, is seen by many as proof that China intends to compete directly with Airbus and Boeing.
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