Posted on 06/27/2025 5:50:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
British Airways Concorde G-BOAC Eduard Marmet/Wikimedia Commons
The legendary Concorde, a supersonic airliner, is slated to make its commercial comeback by 2026.
The U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed legislation that lifted the previous ban on supersonic flight over land on June 6, 2025.
“This order begins a historic national effort to reestablish the United States as the undisputed leader in high-speed aviation,” the official White House statement stated.
Since 1973, this ban has ensured that American skies remained free of sonic booms.
The new rule change paves the way for a new age of air travel, which will be “faster, quieter, safer, and more efficient than ever before.”
With this new rule, Fly-Concorde Limited plans to return supersonic passenger flights from the U.S.
The redesigned Concorde is expected to fly with greater speed, less noise, and reduced emissions compared to the original version.
Use of sustainable fuel
The new Concorde version will keep its classic look, but it’s been redesigned with modern engineering, making it a very different aircraft from the original.
It’ll be 50% lighter, thanks to advanced composite materials.
And in a monumental leap for environmental responsibility, it will run on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), slashing emissions by a remarkable 80%.
As per the website, the new Concorde is expected to fly at 60,000 feet, a considerably greater height than standard commercial jets.
Interestingly, it could slash the London to New York flight time to just 2 hours, down from the current 6 hours and 12 minutes.
“A lot of people are already talking about supersonic flight, that it’s an enormous step forward to get there and would require billions of dollars of investment — we have to take all this one step at a time, because our airplane the CONCORDE already flew for the past 60 years and for 30 years carried more than 2 million paying customers across the skies,” said Dr Pano Kroko Churchill, founder and CEO of Fly Concorde.
“It’s an evolution that’s come full circle with the new CONCORDE,” Churchill added.
High competition
To fully grasp the significance of this return, it’s essential to understand its beginnings.
The Concorde’s development began with a visionary 1962 treaty between France and the UK, a joint effort to conquer the challenges of supersonic transport
After its first flight in 1969, the Concorde began commercial service on January 21, 1976.
British Airways and Air France launched initial routes, quickly adding transatlantic flights to Washington Dulles and New York JFK that took less than three and a half hours, a remarkable speed for its time. Flying at Mach 2.04 (2,179 km/h), it was considered an engineering marvel.
Despite initial worldwide interest, the original Concorde struggled commercially due to high operating costs, restricted routes (primarily because of its loud sonic boom), and continuous financial losses. Reportedly, only 14 aircraft ever entered service.
Then, tragedy struck. On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris. The incident involved a tire bursting, a fuel tank puncturing, and a devastating fire erupting. All 109 on board and 4 on the ground perished.
This terrible accident, compounded by rising maintenance costs and fewer passengers, signaled the end for the Concorde.
Air France retired its planes in May 2003, and British Airways followed in October of the same year, seemingly ending commercial supersonic flights.
With its planned return by 2026, the Concorde is re-entering a competitive field.
It now joins several other companies – Boom Supersonic, Exosonic, Spike Aerospace, and Hermeus – all actively working to develop the next generation of supersonic (and even hypersonic) aircraft.
It’s the taxes that make this expensive for the middle class. If supply meets demand, the governments regulate with tax.
Some of the girls in the room started crying… they thought the Russians hit us with a bomb. It turned out it was a couple of F-101s from the local Air National Guard base that decided to go supersonic right over the city. It wasn't unheard of back then but it was unnerving as hell at that time. I recall that plate glass in the window next to me waving back and forth… but it didn't break.
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Oil is finite that’s just cold hard mathematics, we have 8+ billion people all clamoring for the decreasing resource base. Currently only 2 billion have Western levels of consumption and we have 46 years when not if the other 6 billion demand their share too it goes faster. You cannot drill your way out of this resource depletion curve the Permian has to keep drilling at full tilt to keep the rate as it is the decline curves for shale wells are peak 180s and than declines as Gemini to show you a typical type cure of a Permian basin shale well.
Figure 3. Art does a pretty solid analysis of this very issue. I drill there wells as petroleum geo the decline rates are increasing as the overall reservoir geo pressure drops due to depletion. ESP pumps don’t help that much the oil is bound to the shale by the atomic forces holding it in the pore spaces pumping won’t free it. Solvent replacement can sweep some to the production bore if you drill offset lateral injection wells for solvents or supercritical CO2...be ready for$$$$$$
https://www.artberman.com/blog/beginning-of-the-end-for-the-permian/
This is NASA version it won’t even rattle glass at ground level. Pretty cool.video of the tech. Boom sonic is using this same tech to let them fly over land. Both obviously succeeded as POTUS just took the restrictions off for this tech specifically
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5brXkwrAnc
189 to 235?
They are going to change America with that huh?
Don’t make me laugh.
Titan has entered the chat.
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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/titans-surface-organics-surpass-oil-reserves-on-earth/
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/titans-surface-organics-surpass-oil-reserves-on-earth/
And not too long ago, our country would not have dreamed of capitulating to sexual deviancy. How many deviants does it take to ruin a city council? A little leaven leavens the entire lump.
Any, ANY modifications to an original Concorde airframe would require a complete and full recertification program, including certifying for operations at 60,000 ft that the original Concorde was not certified for.
This is most likely a Crypto scam.
The "Fly Concorde" claim is a scam. There are no legitimate plans for the Concorde to return to service, and any such claims are likely related to a cryptocurrency scam or other fraudulent activity. Flight tracking websites are reporting that these claims are not true. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Explanation:
• Concorde's Retirement: The Concorde, a supersonic passenger airliner, was retired in 2003 due to high operating costs, noise pollution concerns, and a fatal crash in 2000. [4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6]
• Scam Activity: A Facebook post claiming Concorde is returning is linked to a crypto scam. Other reports indicate that the claims are not true and are likely part of a hoax or scam. [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4]
• No Legitimate Plans: There are no legitimate plans for Concorde to return to service. While there are some efforts to develop new supersonic airliners, they are not related to the original Concorde. [4, 4, 7, 7, 8, 9]
Key points to remember:
• Be cautious of any claims about the Concorde returning to service. [1, 1, 2, 2]
• Verify information from multiple reliable sources before believing any claims. [3, 4]
• Do not trust claims related to cryptocurrency or investment opportunities associated with the Concorde. [1, 1, 2, 2]
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://m.facebook.com/FlightDramaa/photos/its-not-a-dream-concorde-is-coming-backfor-realand-its-aiming-higher-faster-and-/122235583376064089/[2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConcordeHC/posts/24091474797131135/[3] https://simpleflying.com/tracking-concorde-emirates-dhl-airline-april-fools/[4] https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/special-aircraft-tracking/concorde-april-fools/[5] https://www.britannica.com/question/Why-was-the-Concorde-retired[6] https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/new-concorde-boom-supersonic-second-takeoff-b1217638.html[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBvPue70l8[8] https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2025/06/25/concorde-supersonic-flight-crash-cruising-altitude/84288184007/[9] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078740/reviews/
I mixed them up with Boom Supersonic, based in Denver and their XB-1.
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Boom Supersonic is doing fantastic work.
Not keeping up with the New York city election news?
And the Pakistani mayor of London? “While fasting for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2016, Khan declared that he would use the period as an opportunity to help “break down the mystique and suspicion” surrounding Islam in Britain”
Care to revise your statement?
Yes.
Would you object to a Muslim on the Supreme Court? It’s only 0.11 %
On that train, all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by ‘76 we’ll be A-OK
-D.Fagen
Don’t what religion they are, as long as they are qualified and rule according to the constitution.
Haha….especially when you consider the continuing trend.
Sad.
The constitution isn’t that plastic.
Anybody want to bet this isn’t gonna happen by 2026? 10 years at least. Most likely never.
Possibly an investment scam...................
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