Slowburn
That looks like a very good shape for a surface to orbit aerospace plane.
Fritz Menzel
Could be lots of passenger/cargo room in this kind of shape. Bio-mimmickry seems to have many applications, not to mention beauty.
Charlie Nudelman
"... what we believe is a significant breakthrough in the science of flight.."
which differs from this?: http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/images/burnelli_vjb_1951.jpg
(from the 50´s...)
Mark A
Everything old is new again.
Jon A.
The problem with a blended wing airliner is that hardly anyone would get a window seat, as most of the space is deep in the interior of the airframe.
Maybe you could just give everyone touchscreens linked to cameras.
On the other hand, if everyone got their own small cabin, I wouldn't care that it didn't have a window. That would be awesome on a 17 hour flight.

Jon A.
Charlie: It's different from a flying wing in that it has a distinct nose and tail. Or at least, they protrude from the wing so some extent. That probably makes it more stable than a flying wing.
The position of the engines is also significant, as they would help to improve lift and reduce engine noise inside the aircraft. They would also possibly be easier to service on the ground if the mechanics could simply stand on the flat top of the plane.
Gadgeteer
Window seats are overrated, considering how small airliner windows are. With most airliner seats having their own flatscreens today, it would really not be difficult to just pipe live video from external cameras to them on demand.
The real problems are the heretofore unknown handling qualities of a BWB and the fact that a pressurized, flattened body is less structurally efficient than a traditional cylindrical fuselage.
Stephen N Russell
Base plane for 797 Boeing IF scaled up? wider than 747.
Dave B13
Ditto Charlie Nudelman above: Sherman, Set the wayback machine to: Burnelli's first monoplane, the CB-16, appeared in 1928 ... The airfoil fuselage section, which provided 50 percent lift at cruising speed, housed the passenger cabin and the pilot's and mechanic's compartments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnelli_UB-14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Burnelli http://www.combatreform.org/goodbyeftr.htm
Charlie Nudelman
Jon A: The Brunelli design its not a fliying wing (like de Horten o the Northrop) Is a lift body, like the MIG prototype. And Burnelli Aircraft have patents about it. More info in: http://www.burnelliaircraft.com/wp/history