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France and Japan Planning New Supersonic Jet

Posted by timothy on from the mach-schnell dept.

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."

10 of 477 comments (clear)

  1. Fuck France by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck France in its worthless shit-encrusted bunghole. Disgusting cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

    1. Re:Fuck France by DietCoke · · Score: -1, Troll

      We weren't getting the shaft from France during the Revolutionary War - at least not in wholesale fashion.

      Considering that you're referring to us as "Yanks", I find it amusing that you'd question the parent's premise. Brits took it in the ass while France was occupied by the Germans, and wouldn't have held up had it not been for us.

    2. Re:Fuck France by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      retarted american. in 20 years from now you will be nothing. go get educated.

  2. This just in: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    France has given up on the project.

  3. just what the world needs by ChipMonk · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bigger planes, bigger fuel tanks, bigger explosions, and bigger craters. Didn't they learn anything from the Concorde disaster?

  4. MODERATION ABUSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nice one, mods. The top post makes a joke directed at Americans, and gets modded up to +5, funny. Then this reply comes, which was a good and a factual comeback is modded down -1, offtopic. Either both are offtopic, or not. How was the reply offtopic and the grandparent not? Hmm.....

    The moral it seems is that saying anything bad about Americans gets +5, while, terrific rebuttals get -1.

    This moderation abuse is so transparent.

  5. How come France is involved? by ldesegur · · Score: 0, Troll

    France may look very peaceful by denying Bush their support during the Iraq invasion, but the masquerade stops right here. How come a tiny country with rubbish economy (17%+ unemployment) is involved in this type of deal. France is a worldwide provider of weapons to whomever wants to sign the big checks (African and South American wannabe dictators mostly) and Dassault, the infamous jet fighter builder, has been building these jets that kill thousand of innocents by dropping bombs on their villages. Discuting and very hypocrit, don't you think?

  6. Re:Measurements by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's going well enough you socialist asshole. Why don't you go lose another war to Britain.

  7. More news here by aCapitalist · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://www.fuckfrance.com/

  8. Pretty funny isn't it? by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: -1, Troll

    How our two Kyoto friends want to acellerate the destruction
    of stratospheric ozone, increase nitrogen oxides, etc and
    in general contribute to global warming. Guess they figure
    its ok as long as they fly the planes over somebody elses
    country.