When people fly, more often than not, they prefer to have the window seat. It is obviously very enjoyable to observer the surface of the Earth from a high altitude. However you aren’t always lucky enough to have a window seat when you fly. So what if a commercial plane existed that was nearly made entirely from windows? It would probably crash as glass is not structural sound enough for plane travel (duh). So doing a complete turn around, what about a plane that has no windows? Is that madness, or a genius invention?
A British engineering, design, and technology firm has recently revealed that it plans to create a airplane that will have no windows, aside from the cockpit. Centre for Process Innovation hopes the be able to introduce this plane within a decade. While this may seem alarming, the airplane will feature a number of cameras, sensors, and most importantly, bendable screens. The interior of the passenger section would be almost entirely made of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screens allowing passengers to get an amazing “view” of what is around them. Cameras mounted on the exterior would allow this to be possible. This almost entirely ensures that every passenger can see for miles across the skyline and if that isn’t your thing and you have vertigo, you can also turn off the screen at your section of the plane.
Additionally some parts of the screens are rumored to be touchscreen, allowing passengers to be able to “click” on the cities and points of interest they see outside, which the plane would then provide more information on those subjects. Another benefit a windowless plane is that it is structurally stronger than airplanes that have a lot of windows. Don’t worry, airplanes with windows are plenty strong, however these would be stronger. Hopefully CPI can bring this plane into existence, because it certainly would be one of the most high-tech and most interesting planes in the history of aviation.
Photos from uk-cpi.com
