# Glass-bottomed airplane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 24, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187 "2014-05-24T16:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187/21 "2014-05-28T06:16:15Z")

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Saw this last week; after some incredulous googling, I put it in the same category as that [plane with vertical seats](http://metro.co.uk/2010/07/01/ryanair-creates-standing-up-flights-with-vertical-seats-430974/) that RyanAir was launching Real Soon Now.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-bottomed-airplane/689187/22 "2014-05-28T08:35:16Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> There are all sorts of technical reasons it hasn’t been done.

What problem? All you need one big sheet of [transparent aluminum!](http://makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/) 🙂

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