BBC: Why even fly? Just virtualize!
Spike Aerospace, of Boston, which is designing the plane, says drag will be reduced by removing windows, which “cause significant challenges in designing and constructing an aircraft fuselage”. Spike plans to surround the aircraft with cameras and display the views on the cabin screens. Passengers will be able to dim the screens or change the images.
The S-512 supersonic jet is not expected to launch until 2018. Spike claims that S-512 will be the world’s first supersonic business jet ans to sell for $80 million.