On 03/05/2008, at 1:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> You seem to think the subsidies were aimed towards Concorde's final >> fate. >> They weren't, they were aimed at getting the time of long-haul >> flights >> down. Even today, it takes a day to get from London to Sydney. >> Concorde was supposed to halve that. > > But, supersonic flight is a fuel hog. Look at the range of the 747 > vs. the > Concord
Concorde. With an "e". > and their fuel loads per passenger. One would have to stop for > fueling several times to make that distance. I realize that most > planes > have to stop once, including the 747, but the 777 can make it in one. London to Sydney? In one hop? No current commercial aircraft can do it. London to Sydney is almost 13.500 miles and the 777 has a range of a bit over 9000. I'll come back to the rest of the post later. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
