Aviation Geeks unite?! Anybody else care about planes here?

[XCV330]

So if Boom is successful do you think SSTs will become fashionable again?

I think there's significant demand for it. Concorde was just too far ahead of its time. It had to run afterburners to take off, was incredible loud and finally had one bad accident. Even despite that there was demand. Branson wanted to keep Concorde flying on Virgin, but whatever agreement Air France and BA had didn't allow any of them to be sold.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I think there's significant demand for it. Concorde was just too far ahead of its time. It had to run afterburners to take off, was incredible loud and finally had one bad accident. Even despite that there was demand. Branson wanted to keep Concorde flying on Virgin, but whatever agreement Air France and BA had didn't allow any of them to be sold.

It wasn't financially viable to operate them.

That's the major reason that the Concorde had to go away.

That's one of the major issues that Boom Technologies has focused on when designing their new plane.

Make it financially viable in the current and future market.

 

[Marc]

I think there's significant demand for it. Concorde was just too far ahead of its time. It had to run afterburners to take off, was incredible loud and finally had one bad accident. Even despite that there was demand. Branson wanted to keep Concorde flying on Virgin, but whatever agreement Air France and BA had didn't allow any of them to be sold.

Pretty sure the airworthiness certs for Concorde were cancelled after the crash so no-one would have been able to fly them.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Pretty sure the airworthiness certs for Concorde were cancelled after the crash so no-one would have been able to fly them.

1x crash didn't stop them from flying.

What killed them was operational costs, low passenger volume, and 9/11 hurting Air Travel for a while.

Concorde Retirement

Retirement
In 2003, Air France and British Airways announced the retirement of Concorde, due to rising maintenance costs, low passenger numbers following the 25 July 2000 crash, and the slump in air travel following the September 11 attacks.[156]

Air France flew its last commercial flight on 30 May 2003[157][158] with British Airways retiring its Concorde fleet on 24 October 2003

It took a "Triple Whammy" to kill the Concorde.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Ooh Hey hanging out in avionics.. These were really interesting because it is fascinating to see the amount of equipment and systems that are crammed onboard a plane to keep everyone safe in the air.

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