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Industrial designer Luigi Colani came up with this concept for Japan Airlines

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Nasa’s Solar Flapper is an unconventional concept for a plane that would use solar power and flapping of the aircraft’s ‘wings’ to propel itself up and forward




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The Flying Yacht: The Aeroscraft ML866 offers the ultimate luxury experience


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To infinity and beyond: The ‘Puffin’ Personal Aircraft concept by NASA bears more than a passing resemblance to Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. It is targeted to reach speeds of more than 150mph with a range of about 50 miles




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The Icon A5 is known as the ‘ultimate joyride’ and can take off and land on water or dry land and, when its 32-foot wings are folded, it can fit comfortably into a large garage


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This futuristic ‘flying saucer’ design is not only space-age but eco-friendly too, designed by the CleanEra project, led by Etnel Straatsma of Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands



via NASA