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New supersonic airliner.


hairystick

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On 11/30/2016 at 2:54 AM, SovereignHobbies said:

A number of points:

 

2) The ARE military aircraft capable of supercruise now - that is to say cruising at supersonic speeds without reheat (or afterburner to Americans). This was not the case in the 1960s. Concorde cruised with reduced engine RPM but in reheat.

Supercruise has been around for some time and the EE Lightning was an early example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercruise

 

I agree with your comments on the total travelling times involved. Having spent 24hrs (twice) recently in an aluminium tube...

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