Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!solaris!wyle From: wyle@solaris.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Number of Concorde ever build Keywords: noise, concord Message-ID: <509@solaris.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 89 16:58:33 GMT References: <8812270136.AA22740@crash.cts.com> <13081@cup.portal.com> <4595@mtgzy.att.com> <209@s5.Morgan.COM> Reply-To: wyle@ethz.UUCP Organization: SOT Sun Cluster, Swiss Federal Institute of Tech. Lines: 21 In the tradition of WWI, WWII, Vietnam, mid-east oil drilling, and "fraternite/," the US bailed the French out of yet another blunder. ;-) Having three proposed US designs from manufacturers, 2 of which were better than Concorde, the US congress canceled all SST projects but the French built their own (financially doomed) system anyway. ;-) Concorde is too noisy to take off out of JFK, *but* if you turn very sharply after takeoff, you can avoid the noise-detector, and pump all the noise into Brooklyn!! Guess what happens each time Concorde takes off? Vive la France! :-) [tounge out of cheek] I'm just jealous cuz I can't afford a ticket in that gorgous mach 2.2 bird. A parisian can work til noon, hop a concorde and arrive 3 hours before he left, work 9-5 in NY, then fly back home. Is Concorde gonna fly non-stop Paris -> Vancouver again? What about Vancouver -> Tokyo? Seems to me the longer routes would be more worthwhile. -- -Mitchell F. Wyle wyle@ethz.uucp Institut fuer Informationsysteme wyle@inf.ethz.ch ETH Zentrum / 8092 Zurich, Switzerland +41 1 256 5237