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The race to build a successor to Concorde: Boeing, Gulfstream & NASA join forces.
Aircraft enthusiasts are waiting with growing anticipation for the unveiling of plans for a supersonic jet that may be able to fly London to Sydney in just four hours. U.S. builders - helped by the Nasa space agency - will reveal the prototype successors to Concorde at the Farnborough air show next month. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream are leading the way to build the new supersonic passenger plane which will be targeted at first at the business jet market. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Beam me up, Scotty!
Other than "hey look what we built", I don't see the purpose..
I am a aircraft freak. I like new technology.
But this thing does not appear practical.
If the aircraft can be designed to operate as a "normal" plane, flying a regualr route, then I am all for it.
I am a aircraft freak. I like new technology.
But this thing does not appear practical.
If the aircraft can be designed to operate as a "normal" plane, flying a regualr route, then I am all for it.
How about Los Angeles to Sydney. Cuts almost 4000 miles, lower fuel costs, and practicaly doesn't fly over land with the sonic boom problem.
I thought business jets were evil.
It is unlikely to be commercially viable for the airlines. With current technology, very fast means long and skinny. A supersonic passenger jet that could carry enough passengers to make a profit would have to be longer than the A340-600 "Flying Pencil." Maybe too long to land on all but the longest runways.
I crossed aboard the Concorde on 4 occasions; it was an incredible, wonderful experience. But I have to wonder, what with the reality of our global scarcity of resources, whether the necessary goverment participation will ever happen. Further, if costs will likely require multiple government backing, what dumb-ass bureaucratic nonesense, to say nothing of politics, will handicap the effort? Makes me sad.