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2016-10-30 Science & Technology

Make America Boom Again: How to Bring Back Supersonic Transport

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 I was at Gatwick when the Concord took off on its last flight. I suppose the guys punched it, but it was magnificent. Standing in the parking lot I was stunned by the shock wave, then deafened by every car alarm it set off.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-10-30 00:58|| 2016-10-30 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 [envy envy envy]

In other news, some scientists now say that your flying car may run whisper quiet! Here with the details is our own April Showers...

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-10-30 01:14|| 2016-10-30 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm wondering how you achieve Mach2 in a wind tunnel. Must be a very long one.

Posted by phil_b 2016-10-30 02:50|| 2016-10-30 02:50|| Front Page Top

#4 back in 70s, the worst problem was the noise at take off, not the sonic boom

Posted by lord garth 2016-10-30 10:02|| 2016-10-30 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 ...and usually the complaints came from neighborhoods that grew up around the airports which were originally on the outskirts of those same cities decades ago.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-10-30 11:02|| 2016-10-30 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Had a stopover at JFK on my way to a taxpayer-funded adventure in the early 70's and watched a Concorde take off. Not quite the Vulcan, but beautiful nonetheless.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-30 12:09|| 2016-10-30 12:09|| Front Page Top

#7 If the NFL is going to continue playing games in England...

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Posted by OregonGuy 2016-10-30 16:59|| http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/ 2016-10-30 16:59|| Front Page Top

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