We looked at the historical attempts that had been out there and realized that, despite the fact that we have a lot of modern innovations to draw on today that weren't available previously -- we have modern composite materials, we have aircraft engines that get good fuel economy and have better power-to-rate ratios than have ever been available, we have glass cockpit avionics that bring the information you need to fly
We keken naar de historische pogingen en beseften: we hebben nu wel veel moderne innovatie om op te bouwen vandaag die voorheen niet beschikbaar was -- we hebben modern composietmaterialen we hebben zuinige vliegtuigmotoren die efficiënter zijn dan ooit, we hebben glazen cockpitavionica die de nodige informatie om te kunnen vliegen