G+_George Kozi Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I was wondering when this second generation Concorde will show up... Originally shared by Jo C Since we can't seem to reduce waiting time at the airport... http://shr.gs/0Q1ot4e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ian Walker Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 According to Google it is 3,459 miles from London to New York. This plane will be able to travel at 2,500 mph. I hope that whoever did the maths here has nothing to do with designing the plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Deis Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The only airline owner currently preparing for this sort of future is Richard Branson at Virgin. But, he is developing his own aircraft under the guise of "space" flight. I have always thought this program is really about the future of point to point air travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Pick Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 After reading the article,I can see Airbus has done some research. But the very important topic would this 2nd generation super sonic airliner ever be economically feasible? The 1st generation Concords were never economical due to their noise pollution restrictions over cities.They were reserved to the wealthy and a crash in 2000 and terrost attacks on 9-11-2001 doomed them to be taken out of service as they just were to expensive to fly and maintain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 there was only one crash in the Concord history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Pick Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 George Kozi Correct George. That crash was a tragedy that the engineers who designed that plane never planned for and certainly was not pilot error. British Airways and Air France did make safety modifications to there existing fleet after the tragedy.But the exspense of those upgrades plus low passenger counts after 9-11 just made continued use of the aircraft just unfeasible. We have the technology to make super sonic sub-orbital airliners.Just no one currently has figured out how to make them sustainably affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 I'm hoping Airbus will figure it out. They have a lot of experience built up with concorde over the years, and recently they built the A380. A few years ago nobody would have believed that such a MASSIVE thing could take off and fly... but it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Pick Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 George Kozi I understand your position. I'm a Boeing fan myself. But to quote famous author and great guest on the TWIT network Jerry Pournelle,"Competition spurs innovation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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