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Unusual and record-breaking planes: Six incredible planes you'll never fly on
In the past 10 years, travellers have become increasingly interested in the type of plane they fly on to reach their destination. Competition between the big two aircraft manufacturers, America's Boeing and Europe's Airbus, has seen great leaps forward in plane technology. The launch of the Airbus A380 superjumbo, the biggest commercial aircraft to fly, in 2007 and the carbon-fibre and cutting-edge technology found on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which took off on its first… (www.msn.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I only wish they could fly the Concorde again or have a updated version of it bulit
Your first part of that dream will never happen...Airbus sealed Concorde's fate by yanking maintenance support for it after their scoup up of Aerospatiale and BAC..that being said, there was skuttlebutt that Airbus was in process of a Concorde 2 design and implement vision..funny how Concorde never flew again after its final flight yet the TU-144 has.
The Concorde only made a profit on one short period constantly making a loss. Hence safety recommendations were not implemented (would have not crashed) and avionics remained antiquated. Was a big achievement at the time but small and from memory Air France ended up paying only 1 Franc each when new.
Ok???..point being??
You made a statement about Concorde and I just furthered the comment. Don't get you panties in a twist.
The stock image of the Concorde in the article is an artist's rendition of the Concorde over Washington, D.C. with what appears to be a black missile shooting towards it.
Could we have gotten a better stock shot?
Could we have gotten a better stock shot?