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Super rich want supersonic bomber as business jet

6년 전 제출됨

The Tu-160, which is solely used by the Russian Air Force receives inquires to use the supersonic bomber as Business Jet. (airlinerwatch.com) 기타...

Tom Novak

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jwmson 6년 전 5

The thing looks like a "B-1ski."

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dee9bee 6년 전 0

Dang, you beat me to it...

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joel wiley 6년 전 0

How about the B-Own?

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Malcolm Dousha 6년 전 1

It may not be quite as big as the Russian aircraft but would be much more reliable...

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toolguy105 6년 전 0

Boo

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Bill Butler 6년 전 -2

Yep. Don't know if the Russians ever had an original idea.

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Dave Fisher 6년 전 2

well, considering it took German know-how to bring the US into the jet age, people in glass houses...

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joel wiley 6년 전 3

Not to mention all that Yankee ingenuity of Dr. Werner von Braun in the space race.

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Bill Butler 6년 전 1

OK, OK! I'm going to my room now...

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El Kabong 6년 전 2

NASA is also working on the SonicBAT program to develop a softer sonic boom for a possible SST.

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744pnf 6년 전 2

But who is going to re-pack the drag chutes?

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joel wiley 6년 전 5

Leona Helmsly's 'little people'

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Jeffrey Osborne 6년 전 1

I'll wait for the hypersonic cruise missile transport.

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Jeff Phipps 6년 전 1

Really poorly written article about nothing. It will never happen.

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Dean Bogdanowich 6년 전 1

How pissed would the pilot be when I slow him to mach .83 for sequence behind a B767.

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joel wiley 6년 전 0

Not nearly as much as the A/C owner in the back.

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Dean Bogdanowich 6년 전 1

very true !!!

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n9341c 6년 전 0

"Super rich want supersonic bomber as business jet".
Ummm, people, this is an example of what a certain guy calls FAKENEWS. Thanks for making it real Airlinerwatch you dumbasses.

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Jeffrey Benedict 6년 전 3

Fake news? The article gave a couple of possible buyers but weren't specific and Antonov said why they couldn't do it. Nothing fake there.

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Malcolm Dousha 6년 전 1

Antonov isn't Russian anyway. They're Ukrainian...

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Jamar Jackson 6년 전 0

Wow that plane could cross the US in 2 hours. You could actually have breakfast in LA and lunch in New York. The rich are becoming richer so I’m sure they are bored with airline conversions to corporate. Now it’s military conversions.

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Torsten Hoff 6년 전 10

It would never be allowed to fly across the US or Europe for that matter. It doesn't have the certification for carrying passengers, and the sonic boom it leaves in its wake is the reason that the Concorde only reached its top speed over oceans.

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Jamar Jackson 6년 전 3

True however I’m sure some team is working on a sonic boom solution now. Only a matter of time before a supersonic biz jet with no boom is marketed and sold

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Torsten Hoff 6년 전 5

Oh, they are -- look at Boom Technology. I'm just saying that converting the Tu-160 into a business jet will never go anywhere.

https://boomsupersonic.com

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Tom Novak 6년 전 2

Yes company will start test flights next years. Let's wait and see.

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Malcolm Dousha 6년 전 1

It would take a very costly conversion to "rebuild" such an aircraft for passenger transport from a military bomber aircraft. They would also need several orders to make it worth the expense to eventually make a profit... Makes you wonder if it would ever "take off" so to speak...???

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