To: BenLurkin
Then when they finally silence the noise they can bring back the Concord and let them land anywhere right?
To: princess leah
The next generation of Super-sonic craft will (I think) be a nice improvement over the Concorde. I'm afraid the Concorde will never fly again.
3 posted on
01/14/2004 10:02:19 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: princess leah
Sort of. It won't be the Concord, but a new aircraft with a "pelican" beak and a bulge over the back. The modified beak generates a spread out shock, so rather than a Crack! it's spread over a longer time as a less annoying rumble. The bulge on the back changes the pressure at the trailing edge, reducing the second Crack! so the characteristic Crack!Crack! of a sonic boom becomes rumblecrack.
6 posted on
01/14/2004 10:07:51 AM PST by
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