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The aviation industry did something worse? Nope. It invented the high bypass turbofan engine which is quieter, more fuel efficient, and enabled affordable mass
by mmaunder 6y ago
The aviation industry did something worse? Nope. It invented the high bypass turbofan engine which is quieter, more fuel efficient, and enabled affordable mass air transport.
Concorde was incredibly noisy, unsafe (do the numbers) and only available for a tiny number of elite travelers.
Most of the folks commenting here have never heard Concord take off or land. It rattled the entire city.
- stevehawk 6y agoWhat numbers? There was only one loss of life incident and it was due to parts falling off of another aircraft on the runway prior to its departure.
- mmaunder 6y agoGoogle it, there has been much reporting on the numbers. Aircraft accidents are a cascade of failures. The debris was part of a chain which ended with concord.