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Fly from New York to London in 11 MINUTES: Radical ‘Antipode’ concept plane [...] revealed
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| 25 Jan 2016
| ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
Posted on 01/25/2016 8:01:36 PM PST by grey_whiskers
The engineer behind the Skreemr jet has unveiled another radical, much faster design for future air travel. Charles Bombadier latest concept jet is capable of reaching Mach 24 - more than twice the speed of the Skreemr and 12 times faster than Concorde. Dubbed the 'Antipode', it can carry 10 people up to 12,430 miles (20,000km) in under an hour, allowing it to travel from London to New York in just 11 minutes.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: ramjet; sst; transport; zoom
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A couple o' questions.
1) Green footprint? Fuel consumption is gonna be nasty.
2) What will the body design be? In particular so the body doesn't melt or catch fire at Mach 24.
3) Have they heard about this at Area 51?
4) I guess this plane will never have enough fuel to go into a holding pattern no matter how backed up the airport is.
5) What are the g-forces on the passengers during acceleration?
6) I guess there won't be time for a beverage cart: but *all* the seats (and the fuselage, and the wings...) will most definitely be "smoking".
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:04:58 PM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: grey_whiskers
The UK is finished. We don’t need to be giving their immigrants easy access to the USA.imo
To: grey_whiskers
Like the Sanger Silbervogel?
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:06:40 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: grey_whiskers
Has anyone thought about the dietary incentive this offers. It costs $10,000 per pound to put an object into orbit, and the cost of a suborbital trajectory won't be a lot less. Lay off the egg-nog and fruit-cake over Christmas or shell out $100,000 in weight penalties.
Luggage? For the $400,000 for a 40lb bag you could buy a whole new wardrobe landing.
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:11:52 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: grey_whiskers
4) no problem at backed up airports. They can grease it onto the runway at Mach 3 in between the regular jets.
To: AndyJackson
The X-Files solved that issue yesterday.
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:13:13 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
The X-Files solved that issue yesterday. For some reason, that reminds me of "The Mile High Club"...and then the joke about Clark Kent telling Lois Lane he is Superman, in order to score with her.
"Oh, Clark, you really *are* faster than a speeding bullet...!"
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:15:08 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:16:06 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(I told you so!)
To: grey_whiskers
Lotsa peeps live in Denver....
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:17:14 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Congrats on going to the Super Bowl.
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:19:18 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Bobalu
Yeah.
I’m thinking those G-forces are gonna realllly be comfortable for the average person who can afford a 400,000.00 rise.
Starting. And stopping.
Let’s let the delivery system of ICBM’s be ... restricted perhaps.
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:25:06 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:25:40 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
To: grey_whiskers
Fly from New York to London in 11 MINUTES, but your Luggage will Arrive 11 hours later, maybe.
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:43:41 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))))
To: Bobalu
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:46:03 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: grey_whiskers
Canadian Geese- what happens when.......
To: Nailbiter
Canadian Geese- what happens when....... Mutually Assured Destruction...
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:49:05 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
These would be good designs for a video game. Other than that it is ridiculous.
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posted on
01/25/2016 8:52:27 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: grey_whiskers
Won't matter. You'll still be waiting on the tarmac for an hour prior to take-off, and then taxiing 30 minutes after landing..
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