The modular air transportation clip

 Unless you live right next to an airport, the aircraft is probably not the
 first user conveyance . Yet a new project aims to
 combine various means of transport in a single solution. The school poly-
 Federal technique Lausanne, Switzerland presented its Clip -Air concept.
This modular device could revolutionize transportation and airports.
 Clip -Air looks like a flying wing under which come to
 grafting to three capsules freight or passengers from direct
 ment of the railway. The idea is part of the study of large trains
 speed which locomotives have increasingly forms
 aerodynamic times of aeronautics.
 The concept would allow travelers to take the train to the airport,
 before their train is fixed under the wing in question to go towards
 national or international destinations.
 Modular, Clip -Air would accommodate cargo capsules when there is not enough passengers in
 transporting capsules to profitable flights . Once at the airport, the capsule is fixed again on a
 trainset , and continued on to the stations present in the heart of cities.
 The idea is to bring more flexibility to travelers while ensuring a minimum fill .
 Ecology is also in focus as the project account embark 150 passengers per capsule , as
 an A320 , while consuming significantly less fuel (the school announced up to 3 times a month unit
 equivalent capacity). At this level, the Clip -Air could work with current fuels, but also with
 clean fuels ( biofuels , hydrogen ... )
 In development since 2009, the project is presented as viable, but require a few more years before
 consider each application. A model of the concept with a wingspan of 1.20m was presented to the living room
 Bourget in June 2013