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Concorde Mark 2: Airbus files plans for new supersonic jet
Supersonic passenger planes could once again be racing through the skies with Airbus having filed a patent for what could become the 'son of Concorde'. The new jet could fly from London to New York in an hour - opening up the possibility of a transatlantic return journey in a day. Concorde 2 would be capable of flying more than four times the speed of sound – or more than 2,500mph, according to documents lodged with the US Patent Office by the aerospace and defence group. (www.telegraph.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Never going to happen! Patents are filed all the time and 90% of them never come to fruition. Engines that retract into the fuselage??? How would that work? Its bad enough when hot brakes go into a wheel well, can you imagine stowing an ENGINE? Bring back the Concorde, they should have let Branson buy them!
It would be a heck of a note to fly across the pond and have to patter/hold longer than it took to fly it.
>> The new jet could fly from London to New York in an hour
>> Concorde 2 would be capable of flying more than four times the speed of sound – or more than 2,500mph
Someone's math isn't adding up. The great circle distance is just under 3500 miles, and the plane wouldn't adhere to that route completely or always fly at its maximum speed. The flight time between those two cities would certainly be over two hours.
The SR-71 holds the record for that trip, having flown from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes 56.4 seconds.
>> Concorde 2 would be capable of flying more than four times the speed of sound – or more than 2,500mph
Someone's math isn't adding up. The great circle distance is just under 3500 miles, and the plane wouldn't adhere to that route completely or always fly at its maximum speed. The flight time between those two cities would certainly be over two hours.
The SR-71 holds the record for that trip, having flown from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes 56.4 seconds.
I don't foresee this record being in jeopardy.
They've been drinking the Virgin koolaid. But just 20 people? No economic case for it.
You are massively underestimating the salaries we pay to golfing CEOs and 19 year olds who throw a ball around a field. They will pay if they want to travel fast.