@return2ozma to Lemmy Shitpost • 2 months agoWhy do we put up with this crap?imagemessage-square181arrow-up11.29Karrow-down142
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoMy father’s generation thought planes would just get faster and faster and by now we’d be able to fly from NYC to Tokyo in 40 minutes
minus-square@Nurguslink5•2 months agoConcorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. But it was too expensive. Such speeds will probably return in some form one day.
minus-square@rezifonlinkEnglish2•edit-22 months ago Concorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. . . The concorde took 180 minutes (3 hours) to travel from New York to London (3,000 nautical miles). Ignoring range limits, a trip from New York to Tokyo (5,861 nautical miles) at that speed would take 351 minutes (5.8 hours).
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-LemmygodlinkEnglish1•2 months agoSadly, missile technology usurped bombers, so there was no reason for the government to pay for the development of large, ultra-fast aircraft after the early 70s
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoJust put seats on the missile then? I don’t know I’m not an engineer
My father’s generation thought planes would just get faster and faster and by now we’d be able to fly from NYC to Tokyo in 40 minutes
Concorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. But it was too expensive. Such speeds will probably return in some form one day.
The concorde took 180 minutes (3 hours) to travel from New York to London (3,000 nautical miles).
Ignoring range limits, a trip from New York to Tokyo (5,861 nautical miles) at that speed would take 351 minutes (5.8 hours).
Sadly, missile technology usurped bombers, so there was no reason for the government to pay for the development of large, ultra-fast aircraft after the early 70s
Just put seats on the missile then? I don’t know I’m not an engineer
Elon already thought of that