Concorde - The Supersonic Race It looks like we don't have any awards for this title yet. Be the first to contribute.For guidance, please visit theAwards submission guide. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content ...
the development of the world’s first supersonic airliner would come amidst espionage, as well as accusations thereof. This isthe topic of a documentarythat recently aired on Channel 4 in the UK calledConcorde: The Race for Supersonic, yet what is the evidence that theSoviet Tu-144truly was...
The race is heating up to produce the first supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service in more than 50 years. US planemaker Aerion, whose AS2 jet promises to fly New York to London in 4.5 hours, is seeking to produce the supersonic craft in 2023 after securing $300 million...
In the race of supersonic travel between the west and theSoviet Union, Russia managed to produce theTu-144. Almost identical to the Concorde, it operated for many years in behind the Iron Curtain - but where exactly did it fly? Let's explore. ...
The quest for speed accelerated as quickly as the airplanes themselves, with a multitude of military supersonic fighter jets and bombers suddenly crisscrossing the globe. By 1965, at least 58 different Mach-capable aircraft originating from eight different coun...
As the LEGO® Icons Concorde prepares for take-off, we talked to the LEGO designer about what made the supersonic jet so ahead of its time
In June 2019, he founded his startupExosonicin San Jose with the goal of building a supersonic plane for airlines by 2030. For the first six months since inauguration, the first aircraft design was completed (see picture below) and the company is now working on the second iteration of the...
Beneath the glamor, sex appeal, and the thrill of flying at Mach 2, however, lurked some serious problems. While 16 airlines initially placed orders for the Concorde, the plane launched right into the oil crisis of 1973 that thinned out the demand for a thirsty supersonic plan. In total,...
The race for supersonic flight Although it’s Concorde that earned a place in history, the lesser known Tu-144 beat it to the skies twice: it had its maiden flight on Dec. 31, 1968 – two months before Concorde – and then achieved its first supersonic flight in June 1969, beating th...
关键词: Air transportation Air travel Concorde (Supersonic transport Fares Passenger service Supersonic transport planes United Kingdom 年份: 2001 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 Semantic Scholar trid.trb.org 相似文献Winner of the Space Race? ; A Business Class-Only Service between...