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Re: Penn Central Post, March 1969: Metroliner article |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Fri Sep 25 14:31:51 2020, in response to Re: Penn Central Post, March 1969: Metroliner article, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Sep 25 11:28:18 2020. I’d love to hear and see the Concorde takeoff twice a day. I don’t like ordinary aircraft noise, but there was nothing ordinary about the Concorde. That thing was glorious, almost a B1 you could hop a ride on. Fighter jets couldn’t stay on track with it, once they go sonic they burn their fuel too fast.Meanwhile, the fighter pilot has to wear a full pressure suit with a diaper and pee bottle. The suit gets itchy, the unstable fighter plane wants to kill you, it’s gone one engine and when you and the ground have an unfriendly meeting. Supersonic planes were done in the ‘50s, but an ocean-crossing supersonic plane with tea service was science fiction. The Concords settled into a not-too-inefficent cruise at Mach 2 and could have flown higher and faster, using less fuel per mile if they did not have to carry passengers with weak heart and lung function. But the Concord’s altitude was artificially capped: Airliners are required to be able to dive to 10,000 feet in a short time, but people in decent health can handle 20K for a some minutes, 15K for hours. Anyone who doesn’t want a ride in a plane that climbs on afterburner is missing their red blood cells. |
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