Airbus unveils 'blended wing body' plane design after secret flight tests
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Airbus on Tuesday unveiled a curvaceous aircraft design that blends wing and body, designed to slash carbon emissions by some 20%. The European planemaker has been carrying out flight tests of a 3.2-metre-wide (10.5 feet) technology demonstrator, code-named Maveric, at a secret location in central France since last year. It lifted the veil on the design at the Singapore Airshow.The concept of a "blended wing body" design has been around since the 1940s and led to the U.S...