never took off (pardon the pun). I would think that (despite the
pollution) the ability to have lunch in Manhattan and dinner on the
Seine would have been appealing enough to keep at least a moderately
profitable fleet of supersonic jets in service. Hell, that's an hour in
the air from Los Angeles to New York - maybe 3 or 4 to Tokyo... it seems
like everything moves faster today except air travel.
A few years ago, a friend and I geeked out and stayed up most of the
night hashing out the logistics for an ultra-high-speed magnetic "rail"
system that would span major cities around the planet. By suspending
the train (read: ordnance) in a tube with a magnetic field in a complete
vacuum, we calculated we could get from New York to Tokyo in less than
two minutes. We had equations and charts spanning maybe 40 sheets of
paper (both sides), but realized it would be folly. The electricity
required to move the train that fast would brown out almost the entire
US west of the Continental Divide, not to mention the almost certain
liquifecation of the passengers, which would really put the kibosh on
vacation plans.
- Jim
Adam Reynolds wrote:
>Pile of junk.
>
>You realise that every paying passenger on that thing was subsidised to the
>tune of about �3000 ($4500) by the UK tax payer.
>
>The thing is hugely poluting as well.
>
>Good riddance.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 24 October 2003 15:05
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: The Concorde's last flight
>
>
> Like that old Byrds song, 8 miles high
>
> Secrets safe in Concorde's '11-mile-high club'
> 10/22/03 21:23 PM, EDT
> The Concorde crew will not be drawn. Their lips are sealed. No one will
> reveal how many passengers may have made love at twice the speed of sound.
> Read the full story at
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/23/offbeat.concorde.milehigh.reut/in
>dex.html
>
>
>
>
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