According to Boeing, the 787 is the result of over a decade of focus groups and scientific studies to gain a better understanding of passenger comfort and how the design of airplane interiors can make flying a more pleasant experience.

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If the prototype succeeds in flying through the night then the design of its successor will be finalised.

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Thanks to this sustained investment, myriad engineering challenges have been overcome that previously precluded a single aircraft design from taking-off and landing like helicopters and flying horizontally like conventional airplanes.

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The level design is essentially an infinite, random stage full of spike pits, flying skulls, and different path choices telegraphed by icons and arrows.

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Its design is based on a plane, and Mr Welsh says he will be "flying" down to the deepest ocean.

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Then add up staff time flying around the world to meet with regulators and standards bodies on LEI design, adoption, etc.

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In 2011, Mr. Li sold out to some Florida-based silent partners, and he now splits his time between Florida and Canada, continuing to develop the Jetlev design while pursuing intellectual-property litigation (there are, in fact, at least two other hydraulically powered flying-machine designs in the world).

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