Does supersonic aviation have a future?

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To begin with, we need to return to the era of the glorious supersonic airliners Tu-144 and Concord. These two aircraft were real works of art, flying monuments of engineering achievements and a truly epic ... failure, in terms of economics and operation.

The liners were very demanding on airfields and difficult to use. Their huge engines with afterburners had frenzied fuel appetites, in addition, supersonic aircraft are very loud. On takeoff, the airliners used afterburner, which turned the airport areas into an “acoustic hell”. Exit to supersonic gave people on earth a full range of emotions from sonic booms. In general, both planes were “burnt out”, and they forgot about supersonic for decades.



However, in the mid-2000s, talks about supersonic civil aviation again began to circulate in the United States, Russia, and Europe. Today, in many countries, active research is being conducted in this direction and in the near future the first samples of “airliners of the future” can see the light.

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  1. newcomer
    newcomer
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    14 July 2018 00: 04
    yes there is a future for civil supersonic. Tokmo, the question is in the engines_ how to make them more economical? or more precisely: how to make a ticket publicly available?
  2. Primoos
    Primoos
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    15 July 2018 14: 57
    The stump is clear that there is a future! Just how far away? God knows. And the question is not so much in the engines as in the EXPEDIENCE! Who will fly on them? An iPhone with his liberal shobla? Parnasyata with Edrosyinyaty? Abramovich with the Rappoports? Or turners and locksmiths? To do this, you need to let the country go around the world, but create it! The whole industry. What is the need for this? To arrange the next dough cut.
  3. Vkd dvk
    Vkd dvk
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    15 July 2018 17: 36
    An alternative to fast movement is a facsimile video call, closed from any unauthorized visit. What the hell is breaking into a meeting for distant lands, when you can without leaving ....? Tourist flights with supersonic speed? Stupidity. State negotiations are still being prepared for months, so you can arrive at your destination deliberately, in a couple of dozen hours, for example, on a ship.