Nov 252014
A painting that was up on eBay a while back purported to be a McDonnell-Douglas concept rendering for a transonic jetliner. This aircraft used advanced – and expensive – fuselage shaping to lower transonic drag, much like the NASA/Boeing/Bell design illustrated in US Transport Projects #01.
The image does give me pause. There’s something about the wings that just looks… off. I don’t think they match. And the port engine looks like it’s larger in diameter than the starboard engine.
The wings and engine don’t match, you’re right. It’s actually one of the more poorly executed “artist’s impressions” I’ve seen from a major aircraft company, Usually, these things are amazing.