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France and Japan Planning New Supersonic Jet
jonerik writes "According to this article from the Associated Press, Japan and France are cooperating on research to produce a supersonic passenger plane that would be able to carry 300 passengers (three times as many as the Concorde) and fly from New York City to Tokyo in a mere six hours. Current plans are for the plane to be able to cruise at mach 2.4 while reducing the noise and high fuel consumption associated with the Concorde during its years of service. Although Japan had previously done extensive research towards building a 250-person mach 1.6 passenger jet, the agreement with France - announced at the annual Paris Air Show on Tuesday - represents a interesting shift in technological alliances given the Japanese aviation industry's longstanding ties to the United States. 'To research closely in this area with the Europeans does represent something new,' said Yoshio Watanabe, an official with The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, which is heading the new initiative on the Japanese side."
yes, I know it is a joke, but who doesn't like wing walking?
Little bag of peanuts: Extra
Want a pillow? Should have thought to bring one
Brought a pillow? Sorry, you have to check that.
Please remove all your clothes at the security check. Bend over.
First-class passengers, none of the above apply to you. Please walk the red carpet to your private cabin and enjoy some champagne from your gold-edged crystal. Foot-rub, sir?
Main cabin passengers, where do you think you're going, buster? Get in line! Wait yer turn! You think we want to carry scum like you? Food service? HA! Should have bought a sandwich before you got on board. We only serve food in coach on flights of 6 hours, 1 minute or longer, and this flight is 6 hours even. Sucker.
The plane will carry 300 Japanese passengers or 150 American passengers.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
"Japan has successfully tested an engine that can theoretically reach speeds of up to mach 5.5, or more than five times the speed of sound, the ministry said."
How does one successfully test an engine theoretically? "Well, according to my calculations, it won't fail and send 300 passengers to a fiery death . . . oh shit, I forgot to carry the 1 . . . and that decimal is wrong . . . what's the coefficient of kinetic friction again?"
With so many ppl on
The big question is, can it outfly Rodan? The Concorde of the past got around this by being designed to look just like Rodan, and thus discourage predatory attacks.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Maybe they're waiting for astronauts to see it from the moon...
"Scientists don't change their minds, they just die." -- Max Planck
Is it just me or did it become trendy to call things beta?
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I would imagine they would fly over the North Pole and parts of the Pacific to get from New York to Tokyo. ...but the polar bear lobby is pretty powerful.
Well yeah, obviously. Americans are taller, have more muscle, and much larger penises and breasts than the Japanese.
bunching up at the event horizon
Those are some pretty powerful engines if they can push the vessel beyond the grasp of an event horizon.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Will
Sonic boom is tottaly due to pressure waves created by going faster than the speed of sound.
Bing Bing Bing! We have a misspelling!
Sometimes all in the same person!
That depends on which way you're heading towards that event horizon ;-)
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I'll assume you're American... so how's it going in Iraq?
What time is it/will be over there? Check with my iPhone app!
That's why the aliens use flying saucers. They gently ascend and descend vertically to and from an altitude where high-speed travel is safe. They don't need congested airports either.
The USA should work to ensure its superiority in the aerospace industry by leapfrogging this SST and developing a workable flying saucer.
in both countries - gonna be cramped - only pillows on the floor for seats and paper bulkheads... ;-)
Oh well, what the hell...
Does it only count as a loss if Iraq invades and conquers the continental USA?
We're called "Canadians", thank you very much :)
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.