Modern aviation is plagued by two burdens: airport congestion and noise pollution. Moving noise away from population areas and reducing the need for extensive infrastructure may be possible thanks to a radical innovation born out of an old idea: seaplanes. Two researchers in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London put the concept forward in a recent study on jumbo planes that could carry up to 2,000 passengers. They claim the main obstacle is not the technology but the will to make it happen.
Could seaplanes be the future of transatlantic flight?
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