Natilus Proposes Blended Wing Body Airliner

I like Natilus. The concept makes sense, even if the published timescales are the usual capital-snaring nonsense. It was not so long ago that Natilus was breathlessly informing us that we could expect deliveries to begin in 2025.

I have always wondered if the founders meant to name the company “Nautilus”, but a spelling mistake found its way into a press release or a filing or something, and then it was too late.

However, the company has greatly disappointed me by removing the most attention-grabbing quote I have ever seen in corporate website:

“VU’s taken a leading investment position with the confidence that Aleksey and the Natius team is going to unf*ck the movement of goods globally in a very big way.” - Andrew Zalasin, VU Ventures

That’s my editing with the asterisk. I doubt that AVweb would tolerate the full vibrancy of this wonderful quote.

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