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At cruising speed the Concorde was as efficient as a commercial jetliner of the day. The issue was they had to be subsonic near land due to noise and in that m
by jdsully 7y ago
At cruising speed the Concorde was as efficient as a commercial jetliner of the day. The issue was they had to be subsonic near land due to noise and in that mode of operation they were extremely inefficient.
- outworlder 7y agoAlmost(not quite) as efficient as a 747 or business jet. On a per-passenger basis, it was vastly less efficient. But that's the Concorde. That's not the upper bound on what physics allows.