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Part of that was due to ETOPS regulations which required twin engine planes to always be within a certain range of a ground airport for emergency landings. A m
by solatic 9y ago
Part of that was due to ETOPS regulations which required twin engine planes to always be within a certain range of a ground airport for emergency landings.
A modern Concorde would almost certainly have an ETOPS rating which would allow for trans-Pacific routes, which is where the true time and fuel efficiency is to be found in supersonic flight.
- gsnedders 9y agoUh, Concorde was a quadjet? ETOPS didn't apply (and ETOPS didn't exist when Concorde entered operation).
- solatic 9y agoWhoops, you're right, it was a quadjet. My memory screwed up because both engines on each side are so right next to each other, in my memory they fused into a single engine on each side.