Sign up to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering Get a free month of Nebula with any Real Engineering merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/real-engineering Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: References: [1] https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_Aircraft-FE-Trends_20150902.pdf [2] https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2010/t_5.html#:~:text=Employing%20APB's%20Blended%20Winglets%2C%20a,percent%20fuel%20savings%2C%20says%20Stowell [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376042118301465 [4] Page 19 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/beyond_tube-and-wing_tagged.pdf [5] https://www.statista.com/statistics/655057/fuel-consumption-of-airlines-worldwide/#:~:text=Commercial%20airlines%20worldwide%20%2D%20fuel%20consumption%202005%2D2021&text=The%20global%20fuel%20consumption%20by,52%20billion%20gallons%20in%202020. [6] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.9084 [7] https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/123360/b-2-accident-report-released/ [8] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809919308641 [9] Page 81 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/beyond_tube-and-wing_tagged.pdf [10] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.9084 [11] Page 20 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/beyond_tube-and-wing_tagged.pdf [12] Webinar by Mark Page a pioneer in the blended wing body design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vYuPmOPYE & https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/induced.html [13] https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-787-dreamliner-777x-cabin-pressure-jetlag-2016-9 [14] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359836818321784 [15] Page 13 https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.9084 [16] https://www.boeing.com/history/products/b-2-spirit.page [17] Page 22 https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.9084 [18] Page 1 https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.9084 Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung