Comments on: Supersonic Private Jets

By: Fegbdf

Fegbdf — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:17:00 +0000

Supersonic will be realized.

By: Skips

Skips — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:09:55 +0000

[quote comment="18168"]
BTW: speed of sound changes depending on density, temperature, pressure, etc… I can run faster than the speed of sound at 200,000 feet.[/quote]

I’d like to see you run at 200,000 feet…

By: Corvidae

Corvidae — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:37:52 +0000

Concorde wasn’t limited to Oceanic flight just because of it’s boom (Although that was the largest factor.) The other problem was that even at low speeds it made a 747 sound like a whisper. I’ve stood under the runway as it landed in Miami years ago, and I’ve only heard two aircraft that were louder. The space shuttle and the SR-71. Nothing else I’ve seen is really in the same league for noise, they’re all very audible from miles away even when they’re sitting on the ground.

By: Julie Ann

Julie Ann — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:59:55 +0000

amazing plane, but it will take away my flight time which i enjoyed!

By: gohan

gohan — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:07:09 +0000

gotta luv those related products… go goku!!

By: jodouin

jodouin — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:42:58 +0000

What the cack? that’s insane. The sound barrier is in the pacific ocean! you can see it pretty well in scuba gear.

By: this is news?

this is news? — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:38:52 +0000

Every airplane design that can be designed has been designed already by a slide-rule. whoopdeewhoo.

2012 ? Yeah, sounds like a sure thing. Billion dollars? BILLION? Rutan can make this out of a few toilet paper tubes and a rotax 912.

BTW: speed of sound changes depending on density, temperature, pressure, etc… I can run faster than the speed of sound at 200,000 feet.

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:59:22 +0000

You hit the nail right on the head. Ever since the demise of the Concorde, I have felt like mankind has been taking “giant leaps” backwards!

This news is very encouraging… and could usher in a whole new era of supersonic transportation (assuming the QSST gets off the ground AND doesn’t get limited to trans-oceanic travel by its sonic boom).

Thanks for haring

By: Sillypickle

Sillypickle — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:41:52 +0000

@Bwilde

Never was such a thing as a sound barrier? For a long time it was considered nearly impossible to fly faster than sound, because nobody could figure out how to build a plane that wouldn’t be ripped to shreds by the vibration that occurs when you approach the speed of sound. That’s why it was called the sound barrier.

By: haha

haha — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:24:46 +0000

ur all gay lol

By: gault

gault — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:34:31 +0000

aviation has a long history of unfulfilled expectations. when i see this neat plane fly (but don’t hear the boom,) i will be convinced.

…and the speed of sound varies depending upon the medium through which it is being propagated so it is a pretty vague term. compare speed at sea level and high altitude.

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:24:16 +0000

I’ve got 4 or 5 of those laying around in the backyard…seriously though, that is pretty sic. They should do the episode of digg on that baby instead of Virgin.

John
http://www.monomachines.com

By: ike

ike — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:15:17 +0000

Of course there’s a sound barrier….sound cannot travel faster than it, hence it’s a barrier to SOUND

By: BWilde

BWilde — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:12:37 +0000

Sound “barrier”?

There is no such thing and there never was…

What an archaic term.

BWilde

By: Nathan Wilcox

Nathan Wilcox — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:06:24 +0000

It’s like a modern XF-11. Speed-speed-speed…

Pretty soon, other planes will have to be brought up to its level.

By: Ewdison Then

Ewdison Then — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:41:40 +0000

Agreed. For business time is money, such private jet would cuts down travel time and not many people likes to sit on a plane :)

By: Nathan McKelvey

Nathan McKelvey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:30:59 +0000

The Citation X currently holds the title of the fastest business jet and is one of the most popular charter planes. I would suspect strong demand for such a private jet.

By: Easy Private Jets

Easy Private Jets — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

LinkSupersonic Private Jets – SlashGear… those individuals rich enough a new breed of supersonic private jet has emerged. … business time is money, such private jet would cuts down travel time … Traveling is part of our lives and most of us enjoy it a great deal from the moment we

By: Techs Or More

Techs Or More — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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By: New York's Citizen

New York's Citizen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

All Sonic, No Boom – Mach Plus travel is back

By: : )

: ) — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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