With passengers able to walk along its roof while floating serenely in the sky, this futuristic plane looks too good to be true.
But the Portuuese
designer of the world's first cloud plane is
confident that his
revolutionary idea could soon go into production.
Passing Cloud is an idea for a novel mode of
transportation designed for the traveller less bothered about the
destination than the journey.
Propelled and steered by wind alone the plane would travel around the USA allowing customers a
uniqueinsight into life above the chimney tops.
The
revolutionary airbus would be constructed from a
series of spherical balloons with an inner stainless steel
structure covered with nylon fabric.
Designer Tiago Barros said: "The purpose of the
project is to minimise
carbon footprint, defy all
typical means of rapid
transportation in time and location, in a way that is innovative, aesthetic and dynamic."
"It would be a
unique journey. The feeling of floating in the atmosphere, on top of a cloud, with an open
schedule and unknown final destiny."
据英国《每日邮报》11月21日报道,未来的飞机能让乘客在飞机飞行的同时在其顶部走动,这听起来美好得令人难以置信。
但世界上首位云飞机设计师(葡萄牙人)坚信这一革命性的设计理念将很快成为现实。
"浮云"飞艇是源自于小说中的一种交通工具,是为那些比起到达目的地更愿享受旅途的人而设计的。
这款飞艇仅靠自然风来推进和掌控方向,它将环绕美国上空旅行,让乘客体验一种独特的高空生活。
这架革命性的空中飞艇将用一些圆形气球构建,气球内部使用不锈钢材料的支架,外部覆盖尼龙布。
设计师蒂亚戈-巴罗斯说:"该项目的目的是为了减少碳排放量,对抗所有以节省时间和重视目的地的标准捷运方式。从某种程度上讲这是交通工具的一种创新,充满了美感和活力。"
"这将成为一种独特的旅行方式。旅途不受时间和终点的限制,乘客能体验漂浮在大气中和云端的感觉。"