Held in the Guam
operating area June 19-23, the exercise includes 28 Naval
vessels including three carrier strike groups.
Nearly 300 aircraft
and approximately 22,000 service members from the Navy, Air
Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are also participating
in the exercise.
Official U.S. Navy
photo by Chief Photographer Mate Todd P.




Now this is an
AIRPLANE!!!

Look at
this new aircraft....
Boeing is preparing a 1,000 passenger jet that could reshape the
Air travel industry for the next 100 years.
The
radical Blended Wing design developed by Boeing in cooperation
with
NASA
Langley Research
Center
The
mammoth plane has a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's
211 feet, and is designed to fit within the newly created
terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet
wide.
The new
797 is in direct response to the Airbus A380.
Boeing
killed its 747X stretched super jumbo in 2003 after little
interest was shown by airline companies, but has
continued to develop the ultimate Airbus crusher 797 for years
at its Phantom Works research facility in
Long Beach,
Calif.
The
Airbus A380 has been in the works since 1999 and accumulated $13
billion in development costs, which gives Boeing a huge
advantage now that Airbus has committed to the older style
tubular aircraft for decades to come.
There are
several big advantages to the blended wing design, the most
important being lift to drag ratio which is expected to increase
by an amazing 50%, with overall weight reduced 25%, making it an
estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making Airbus's
$13 billion dollar investment look shaky.

High body rigidity is another key
factor in blended wing aircraft. It reduces turbulence and
creates less stress on the air frame which adds to efficiency,
giving the 797 a tremendous 8,800 nautical mile range with 1,000
passengers flying comfortably at mach 0.88 or 654 mph
(+-1046km/h) cruising speed; another advantage over the Airbus
tube-and-wing designed A380's 570 mph (912 km/h).