NASA debuts supersonic jet called ‘son of Concorde’ - capable of flying from NYC to London in 3 1/2 hours

NY Post ^ | 1/15/24 | Jesse O’Neill

[NorthMountain]

“son of Concorde,”

Seriously ... does anybody at NASA actually call it that?

[NorthMountain]

The SR71 sits on a museum floor obeying the law of gravity ...

Back when it did fly, it also created a huge sonic boom. And that brings to the X-59. “X” as in eXperimental ... the experiment here is to develop “boomless” supersonic flight.

[NorthMountain]

What part of eXperimental do you not understand?

[NorthMountain]

ticket prices will be so high

Yeah ... becoming a TEST PILOT for an eXperimental aircraft is very expensive.

[irishjuggler]

A wondrous bird is a pelican
His bill can hold more than his belly can
He can hold is in his beak
enough food for a week
but I’ll be damned if I know how the hell he can

[TalBlack]

That pic ain’t real diverse, just sayin’.

[fso301]

But will it create deadly holes in the ozone layer like the media claimed the Concord did?

[Disambiguator]

I have that album on vinyl, which should give an idea of how long I’ve had it.

[FLT-bird]

3 and a half hours? Its about a 5 hour flight now. That’s not much of a time savings.

[al baby]

Or the Binary of the Concord

[al baby]

More like a douce nozzle

[TexasGator]

“The SR71 does it in less than an hour.”

Nope.

[Bikkuri]

[Scrambler Bob]

Or the Binary of the Concord
= = =

Now you are asking for clogged exhausts.

[null and void]

Fair point!

[Blue Highway]

There will be spandex jackets, one for everyone...