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>True, but this is misleading: the fuel economy of planes today are enormously improved over their 1960s progenitors and this is only in part because of reduced
by gozur88 11y ago
>True, but this is misleading: the fuel economy of planes today are enormously improved over their 1960s progenitors and this is only in part because of reduced speeds.
It's not misleading at all. The reason planes are slower today is because it saves airlines money. The other stuff is true, but irrelevant. The reason we are not going to get supersonic commercial aviation, and the reason the Concorde failed, is that it's just too expensive.
- xbmcuser 11y agoOne of the major reasons for Concorde failing was the sonic boom. As that boom restricted the routes it could travel on. Not the expense of fuel as their is market for fast and luxury travel.
- xbmcuser 11y agoOne of the major reasons for Concorde failing was the sonic boom. As that boom restricted the routes it could travel on. Not the expense of fuel as their is market for fast and luxury travel.