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[[We asked 15 kids and 2 GE experts what the future of flying might look like...]]
[[The GE Show presents Dreams of Flight] [children making airplane noises]]
[[Woman] What do you think airplanes are going to look like in the future?]
[[Child] One will have rockets on the wings. ]
[[Child] I think they're going to have bigger airplanes ]
[so the people there don't have to wait. ]
[They could just get on the airplane and be done with it. ]
[[Dale Carlson, GE Aviation] At the present, we don't see that airplanes are going to be]
[getting much bigger, but we are studying configurations that are called]
[[Steve Fulton, GE Aviation] The airplane might be a hundred feet wide]
[and may be 60 or 100 feet front to back. ]
[This would be like a big movie theater. ]
[[Dale Carlson] Another exciting area of investigation--]
[we all know that when you cut yourself your skin heals. ]
[Believe it or not, we're studying materials that if they get a crack in them can heal themselves. ]
[[Woman] How are planes going to be powered?]
[[Child] Blue fire. The blue fire is hotter than any other fire. ]
[[Child] Batteries. Every plane there is, you add 3 more batteries to it. ]
[[Child] They could use apple juice. ]
[[Woman] How many apples would it take to power a plane?]
[[Woman] Where would you get that many apples?]
[[Child] You could just ask everyone if they have an apple tree. ]
[[Dale Carlson] For the apple juice idea, you can actually take any biomass ]
[[Steve Fulton] Interestingly enough, one of the best sources is algae. ]
[Certain types of algae produce a lot of energy per pound, ]
[and obviously people don't eat algae, so it's not competing with food production for people. ]
[[Will planes fly to space in the future?]]
[[Child] The rockado. It's an airplane that goes in space. ]
[[Child] No, I don't think so. They don't have enough apples. ]
[[Child] A big balloony sausage would be the propeller. ]
[[Children speaking] [Man] Any last words about airplanes? [Child] No! [laughter]]
