Windowless Planes/Flights?

[Prawn_86]

TOURISTS heading south for the winter may be transported to their dream destination in windowless airliners flying in formations like geese if Airbus accepts the advice of tomorrow's potential aircraft engineers.
The European planemaker is offering 30,000 euros for the best idea drawn from proposals submitted by 2,350 students in 82 countries after launching a global competition for new concepts


http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25447297-5014090,00.html

Not too sure what people would make of sitting in a plane without windows, i dont think they would like it, it wouldbe like being stuck in a tube (that you cant see out of).

The idea is based on the premise that the plane will create less drag, therefre being more efficient, but i think most people think about themselves first and the environment second.

[EverNothing]

At first I instantly concluded to myself I would rather fly on a plane with Samuel L. Jackson and a crateload of snakes than in a oversized flying submarine. However, I then remembered that EVERYTIME I fly i'm always in an isle seat anyway, so it's not like i'm accustomed to cloud counting. Perhaps we should give it a crack before we judge for ourselves. I'm game on short-haul flights.

BTW - When did Airbus take over as the world's largest producer of civil Jetliners from Boeing?

[white_crane]

I prefer not to look out the window anyway...unless it's night

[DavidF]

I need windows in the plane to keep my sanity