An F- Lightning II airplane can collect and
share data about the area around it.
CHAPTER 5
THE FUTURE
OF FLIGHT
A
irplane technology continues to
improve. Materials such as carbon
fiber make planes lighter and stronger.
Computer screens can replace many of
the buttons and dials in the cockpits of
more advanced planes.
By the s, some passenger planes
could fly faster than the speed of sound.
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