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by jryle70 2 days ago
If not this again, what would be your ideas of the path forward for aviation?

All of the constraints you mentioned are the results of decades of optimization around the tube-shape aircraft design. Meaning the design has to be proven first. Infrastructure will adapt.

Also, I suspect the first application will be military, such as Next Generation Air-refueling System (NGAS):

https://www.twz.com/air-force-says-it-needs-more-survivable-...