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Originally Posted by Mattington
Recently ran across an Airplane concept design that Lockheed was working on, the CL-1201.
Some highlights:
- Wingspan of 1120ft, length of 560ft (2.5x longer than a 747)
- Nuclear powered
- Can stay airborne for 41 days
- Two proposed variants: Troop Transport and Flying aircraft carrier mode.
Read this article for more info: http://aviationtrivia.blogspot.ca/20...dream-are.html
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The airplane that uses Thorium reactor technology.
Kinda OT, but relevant to the airplane.