The Return of Supersonic Travel: Is Concorde Back?
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Is supersonic travel making a comeback? The XB-1 by Boom Supersonic, a sleek prototype also known as "Baby Boom," is here to answer that question. As the precursor to the Boom Overture, the XB-1 is a step towards reviving faster-than-sound passenger flights, a dream that has been dormant since the Concorde's retirement.
Boom Supersonic's XB-1's aerodynamics and materials are designed for high-speed travel, aiming to overcome historical challenges like high fuel consumption and noise. The Boom Overture, expected to be in service within the decade, promises to cut transatlantic flight times in half, revolutionizing long-distance travel and making global cities more accessible.
Could the Boom Overture reignite public interest in supersonic travel? Equipped with modern advancements and inheriting the pioneering spirit of the Concorde, the Overture has the potential to transform international travel and shrink the world even further.
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This is so awesomely wonderful to see our technology advancing to a high-speed commercial airliner. I am so installed as a retired Air Force member to watch these videos. It’s amazing.
The big hurdle to this plane being commercially successful is summed up in one word: Slots. To take off, you need a departure slot, and to land, you need an arrival slot. Now the problem is that the plane only seats about to 100 people, and that means that you have to take a slot from another plane, and some of those planes can carry up to 500 passengers. Many of those passengers fill up seats on continuing flights so now you continuing flights have empty seats. Also, this plane won't carry cargo, and a 777 can carry 21,00 KG of cargo along with a full load of passengers and baggage, and the airlines make a lot of money off of cargo. So, to move that same 300 people, you would have to make three trips and that would take three slots, that could be used to move up to 1500 people and fill hundreds of seats on connecting flights. JFK and Heathrow have no more slots, and many other large airports also don't have slots unless you wish to fly in at times that would be undesirable to people that would have the money for the ticket. You can't move your big planes to those slots because there would be no connecting flights. Now Boom may sell some of these jets, but the question is whether the operators can make a profit at them, and BAE and Air France could not, and my guess is that anyone flying the Boom will have the same challenge. Now maybe some wealthy people will buy some for personal transports.
Although long paragraphs are difficult to read without losing interest, Shen has some good points here. Another to do with slots is space for parking. Most commercial craft are in the air at any given moment. There isn't space for many on the ground. This is actually one good reason to fly slow relatively. 767s lump along across the sky with passengers sipping on their coffees and teas. And right before they land their parking space becomes available because of another similar craft taking off.
Kudo's to those trying to change the status quo with SSTs. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
Well one thing I do see is that that they are taking a different approach, like instead of doing JFK they're going to Newark. So maybe their plan is to go to other airports that have more room to accommodate them.
I knew it could be done, the right people and money involved, a small sketch I saw on a piece of paper now is going to be reality,
Goodluck to Boom
I wonder if the us will ban supersonic flight of these U.S. built craft. lol Like they did with the Concorde.
The Ban to fly across land is still an active ban. They will not be allowed since the Sonic boom noise is the same as concorde. Boom will have to operate Pacific/Atlanic
yes ! exactly .!
Great video.
This was Concorde down fall 3:26 it was too expensive for average people to afford
Blake Scholl is a hero!
They should develope engines similar to the bad ass SR 71 Blackbird to power these kinda passenger planes .
And make it even more uneconomical in the process
Hi my name is Antonio Perez I would love to go to the Philippines from Brooklyn NY but that would take 16 hrs from Brooklyn Ny to the Philippines And doing back from the Philippines to New York City is a outher 16 hrs as well
that canopy.. front vision must be awful.
There isn’t any reason that people should need to travel supersonic especially if it involves excessive consumption of fossil fuels. The emphasis should be on making transport efficient, quiet and non-polluting. Any technology based on burning carbon based fuels is not part of any progressive future. Carbon combusting propulsion is old technology
Booom... for your investment... Supersonic travel is so 1970's... Ask the rich guys, they do NOT invest in a toy Concorde. And who is going to fly their supersonic jets? Ex-Airforce pilots? Never, because flying for the rich guys is boring. I have done it for years. The average private jet pilot is way too inexperienced to fly outside his two hour homebase comfort zone. We have to listen to these clowns on the radio, all over the world. Most of them are untrained to fly their G650 or Falcon 8X... they fly less than 300 hours per year. The rich guys don't even have a clue about this family killer fact.
My five cents after 20'000 hours plus and counting.
dafuq? Aren't military pilots the most experienced pilots you can get? And who cares about their job being boring if they're getting paid a fat salary?
@@TSERJI No, Airforce pilots are not the most experienced ones when it comes to fly globally. But they know how to fly a supersonic jet. BTW: Money is not the driving force to work after leaving the Military.
6:02 Visable vortex lift?
Maybe it can do 50 ppl. On the business one. Plus 2 pilots and the 4 to 6 crew
for staship point to point rocket travel - spiral/shuffle everyone with window seats, flight attendants shuffle you back in after your zero g experience
No.
It's expensive, inefficient, and still takes a long time.
Maglev in a vacuum tube is more promising.
In the oceans??
@@Jul676869 yes
You're giving the hyperloop way too much credit
@@Jul676869 ... YES, EXACTLY. Fantastic idea, that. Thanks for reminding me!
Nah, just kidding. Over oceans it may be better to use jets or sst's, but over land I think high speed rail (either maglev or vactrains) that's over 300mph is much better. More convenient, cheaper, faster (b/c no check-in, security, taxiing, take-off & landing, going through customs, etc.).
The Soviet Union had previously recognized the uselessness of supersonic technology in civil aviation.
Any development of civil supersonic flights will not be promising.
Modern flight standards in civil aviation are very demanding.
P.S.
The first flight of a supersonic civil aircraft was carried out in the USSR on December 31, 1968.
The supersonic flight program ended in Russia on June 26, 1999.