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I'd love to have more startups like this to watch, people solving REAL problems and making REAL things, not just a new social thingy or toy for bored suburban r

I'd love to have more startups like this to watch, people solving REAL problems and making REAL things, not just a new social thingy or toy for bored suburban residents. Plus I always wanted to fly on the Concorde but the fleet retired before I got the chance.

ghaff 11y ago
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that someone is trying this but: >people solving REAL problems This real problem (as opposed to the cool tech)--unless the price of fuel goes to near-zero--is likely to turn out to be mostly about how to get international lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs, and so forth back and forth between New York and London fast enough to do a short turnaround trip.
dingaling 11y ago
> I'd love to have more startups like this to watch, There have been plenty of supersonic commercial jet startups-and-shutdowns through the years, to the extent that aviation people shrug when a new one appears ( but are quite happy to take the promotional merchandise that is handed-out at airshows! ) One of the most recent prior to Boom is Aerion: http://www.aerionsupersonic.com http://www.aerionsupersonic.com Prior to that we had HyperMach who were proposing Mach 3.5 https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-picture-hypermach-takes-wraps-off-sonicstar-ssbj-358419/ https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-picture-hyp... Or fancy a catchier name? Here's Spike http://www.spikeaerospace.com/ http://www.spikeaerospace.com/ Even the big-boys have dabbled in the arena; Dassault, Gulfstream, Lockheed-Martin, Sukhoi and Tupolev all had projects but none made it to hardware.
twistedpair 11y ago
> I'd love to have more startups like this to watch Keep watching. Maybe they'll have something in 10-15 years.
imjustsaying 11y ago
"toy for bored suburban residents" + "Plus I always wanted to fly on the Concorde" = flying on the Concorde as a toy for bored suburban residents?
- FussyZeus 11y ago
  As I recall the majority of passengers on the Concorde flights were businesspeople, the pricing made it prohibitive to regular consumers. But yes, to me it would be a cool experience to save the pennies and get a ticket.

ghaff 11y ago

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that someone is trying this but: >people solving REAL problems This real problem (as opposed to the cool tech)--unless the price of fuel goes to near-zero--is likely to turn out to be mostly about how to get international lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs, and so forth back and forth between New York and London fast enough to do a short turnaround trip.

dingaling 11y ago

> I'd love to have more startups like this to watch, There have been plenty of supersonic commercial jet startups-and-shutdowns through the years, to the extent that aviation people shrug when a new one appears ( but are quite happy to take the promotional merchandise that is handed-out at airshows! ) One of the most recent prior to Boom is Aerion: http://www.aerionsupersonic.com http://www.aerionsupersonic.com Prior to that we had HyperMach who were proposing Mach 3.5 https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-picture-hypermach-takes-wraps-off-sonicstar-ssbj-358419/ https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-picture-hyp... Or fancy a catchier name? Here's Spike http://www.spikeaerospace.com/ http://www.spikeaerospace.com/ Even the big-boys have dabbled in the arena; Dassault, Gulfstream, Lockheed-Martin, Sukhoi and Tupolev all had projects but none made it to hardware.

twistedpair 11y ago

> I'd love to have more startups like this to watch Keep watching. Maybe they'll have something in 10-15 years.

imjustsaying 11y ago

"toy for bored suburban residents" + "Plus I always wanted to fly on the Concorde" = flying on the Concorde as a toy for bored suburban residents?

FussyZeus 11y ago
As I recall the majority of passengers on the Concorde flights were businesspeople, the pricing made it prohibitive to regular consumers. But yes, to me it would be a cool experience to save the pennies and get a ticket.