Yes! (The issue was about supersonic commercial flight!)
I've been in two of the prototypes (in museums) and of course seen it in
commercial use many times but never got to fly in it. A colleague got
bumped off a flight from NY to Paris (I was able to travel ok) and he was
quite happy to spend an extra night in the city and come back home on
Concorde!
Jez
On Wednesday, 15 June 2016, Sawyer, Edward <Ed.Sawyer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are you talking about the Concorde? Indeed too bad that’s not flying
> anymore, but if we want to mourn great supersonic planes no longer flying,
> let’s start with the SR-71. And we can add the XB-70 Valkyrie (which Jim
> worked on, I think! So cool…) to that list too. I saw a concorde and SR-71
> at Udvar-Hazy this spring, what a great place. Need to see the Valkyrie
> someday when I can get to W-P.
>
> F-35 seems like a cool ride (bummer about the ceiling cracks though) but I
> wish they had continued the F-22 program instead.
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
>
> On 6/15/16, 6:16 AM, "olympus on behalf of
> olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>"
> <olympus-bounces+ed.sawyer=unh.edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> on
> behalf of olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >Well it was certainly noisy but, as for not being ready for action, it
> flew
> >for over 25 years and I don't know how many flights.
> >It seems such a shame that we had the technology but abandoned its
> >development...
> >
> >Jez
> >
> >On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Jez,
> >>
> >>Having tested aircraft/engine combinations,in the world's largest
> >>supersonic wind tunnel, up to Mach 3.0, I'm not a fan of supersonic
> >>commercial flight. To me, the requirements are too stringent and the
> >>benefits too few, to make this a worthwhile way to spend resources. And
> I
> >>still have cracks in my kitchen ceiling that were caused by sonic booms
> >>provided by USAF F-35s flying their test corridor which passed near my
> >>house. From what I read, it is still not ready for action.
> >>
> >>Jim Nichols
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