Faster and lighter aircraft could be built using incredible super-thin material just one atom thick
Faster and lighter aircraft could be built using an incredible super-thin material just one atom thick, according to new research conducted at The University of Manchester.
Southwest Airlines, the top carrier at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, said Wednesday that it is testing a variety of environmentally friendly materials on a refurbished ``green plane'' that could result in cutting enough weight from the aircraft to save the company about $10.3 million in fuel costs if the concept is rolled out fleetwide.