2006-11-13 23:30:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Actually it was efficient, what it wasn't was economic because of the economies of scale, too few were built. BA ran their Concorde fleet at a proffit.
It would be a shame to think that Concorde, a 1960s aircraft, was the pinacle of high speed commercial aviation.
2006-11-14 03:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by Chris H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Efficient, supersonic passenger transport is very achievable in terms of technology. We have learned enough in the past 40 years, since Concorde was designed, to build a much better SST. Unfortunately, politics will prevent it from ever happening. The enviro-kooks who are afraid of sonic booms and ozone depletion have the ear of the politicians.
2006-11-14 11:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't! Super-sonic flight is a very mature and widely exploited technology which has been around for over 50 years. What it is, is inefficient.
2006-11-14 09:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by pinblock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋