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If this existed for the Concorde, I'd get on it.

noah_buddy 6y ago
It would be expensive. A cross Atlantic trip in the early 2000s was around $12000 round trip[0]. [0] https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/my-ride-on-the-concorde-6783087/ https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/my-ride-on-the-conc...
- VectorLock 6y ago
  Sadly, if I had it in the early 2000s I would have done it, but now that I have it I can't.
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  Terrible for the environment too.
- easytiger 6y ago
  You can easily pay $10000+ for first class as it stands on the same route today
  - bobthepanda 6y ago
    That‘s because it turned out that the range of the Concorde made it so that a 3-hour supersonic bus ride was competing with a 6-hour flight that was a meal service and then a sleep in a lie flat bed.
dehrmann 6y ago
At $12k for what would be a Concorde flight, you might as well pay $17k for a supersonic ride on a MiG-29 once Migflug has them again.
- myself248 6y ago
  If we're tossing out pie-in-the-sky dreams of retired airplanes we'd pay a lot of hypothetical money to fly on just once, and if military planes are fair game... ...there's simply no competition for the Blackbird.
  - dTal 6y ago
    Sure there is. I'd go for an XB-70 Valkyrie. Nearly as fast, and a hell of a lot roomier.
  - OJFord 6y ago
    I'm not sure about the Blackbird specifically, but I've been a few times to the Duxford air show and they always have sign-ups for 'long-retired military plane experience flights'. (And I could be wrong but I don't think it's Duxford-specific - seems like they're companies/organisations that do the rounds of similar air shows here & in North America at least.)
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    A-12 ? ;-)
    - myself248 6y ago
      The A-12 and SR-71 are both considered Blackbirds. But the A-12 is a single-seater; only the trainer variants had a second sorta wedged in there. Yes, I know it's faster. Yes, that makes it cooler. But even in this flight of fancy, I don't imagine myself skilled enough to pilot an A-12 solo.
  - dehrmann 6y ago
    Not quite the same, but you can buy a Starfighter.

It would be expensive. A cross Atlantic trip in the early 2000s was around $12000 round trip[0]. [0] https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/my-ride-on-the-concorde-6783087/ https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/my-ride-on-the-conc...

VectorLock 6y ago
Sadly, if I had it in the early 2000s I would have done it, but now that I have it I can't.
Wowfunhappy 6y ago
Terrible for the environment too.
easytiger 6y ago
You can easily pay $10000+ for first class as it stands on the same route today
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  That‘s because it turned out that the range of the Concorde made it so that a 3-hour supersonic bus ride was competing with a 6-hour flight that was a meal service and then a sleep in a lie flat bed.

dehrmann 6y ago

At $12k for what would be a Concorde flight, you might as well pay $17k for a supersonic ride on a MiG-29 once Migflug has them again.

myself248 6y ago
If we're tossing out pie-in-the-sky dreams of retired airplanes we'd pay a lot of hypothetical money to fly on just once, and if military planes are fair game... ...there's simply no competition for the Blackbird.
- dTal 6y ago
  Sure there is. I'd go for an XB-70 Valkyrie. Nearly as fast, and a hell of a lot roomier.
- OJFord 6y ago
  I'm not sure about the Blackbird specifically, but I've been a few times to the Duxford air show and they always have sign-ups for 'long-retired military plane experience flights'. (And I could be wrong but I don't think it's Duxford-specific - seems like they're companies/organisations that do the rounds of similar air shows here & in North America at least.)
- m4rtink 6y ago
  A-12 ? ;-)
  - myself248 6y ago
    The A-12 and SR-71 are both considered Blackbirds. But the A-12 is a single-seater; only the trainer variants had a second sorta wedged in there. Yes, I know it's faster. Yes, that makes it cooler. But even in this flight of fancy, I don't imagine myself skilled enough to pilot an A-12 solo.
- dehrmann 6y ago
  Not quite the same, but you can buy a Starfighter.