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Inspired by Sci-Fi, an Airplane with No Moving Parts and a Blue Ionic Glow


Plane flying across gymnasium

A time-lapse image showing the plane flying across a gymnasium.

Credit: Steven Barrett, MIT

Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines.

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