Posted on 03/25/2016 6:26:39 AM PDT by C19fan
Physics are stubborn things. Don’t expect to see these any time soon.
Actually it did, the reason it shut down was because the air-frames were old and maintenance was becoming very difficult.
http://theadaptivemarketer.com/2012/01/14/a-pricing-lesson-from-the-concorde/
And yet most air travel today is by business travelers.
We're talking a business class product at a business class price.
I'm old enough to remember those days. Now it is like riding the Greyhound used to be, only you had more leg room on the bus.
Yup,I've done it several times..NYC to Tokyo was about 14 hours...NYC to Hong Kong was exactly 15:55 (I remember commenting that it was just short of 16 hours).
The maker of the Concorde was warned some years before the crash to fix the problem that eventually caused the crash but they failed to do so.A similar incident,at that time,almost ended in disaster and was what caused the warning to be issued.
Good article. It could also explain why more than one startup company is looking at building supersonic jets.
Boeing was going to do it until 911, then they decided to build the 787 instead.
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