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Headline: iPlane: A Closer Look At The Aircraft Kanye Pitched To Trump

Caption: Take a look at the future according to Kanye West. The outspoken rapper made headlines last week when he showed President Trump a prototype of the so-called iPlane 1, a replacement for the Presidential Air Force One. In an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, West produced his phone and announced: "I brought a gift with me right here. This right here is the iPlane 1. It's a hydrogen-powered airplane and this is what our president should by flying in. And we’re gonna have Apple, an American company, work on this plane." Although sounding like a project already in motion, the news came as a surprise to the actual designer of the concept, Detroit-based Shabtai Hirshberg. “It completely caught me by surprise,” Hirshberg told the Verge.com. “A good surprise, I would say - it’s always nice to see your designs being thought well for.” The design is actually called Aerocruiser and had been posted in 2015 as part of Hirshberg's master’s degree in the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, entitled "Redesign of a Commercial Aircraft for 2030". Rather than being powered by hydrogen, the Aerocruiser utilises a design differing from the usual airplane "Pipe-and-Wings" formation to save jet fuel. Hirshberg explains: "My design reduces fuel costs by an estimated 30%, enables a significant extended range of destinations and landing terrains, shortens turnover time and provides improved passenger comfort and experience." Hirshberg, whose previous designs have included a Lexus car custom body kit and a hot yoga set sportswear design, says he is working on a smaller version of the aircraft, although Apple is not involved just yet. He says: "In school they always told us to show them world class level work, well I tried. Now I'm waiting to hear back from Apple."

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