http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/ Engadget Comments for QSST, new supersonic jet, will travel coast-to-coast in two hours http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 21st 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
Sadly, commercial supersonic flight is not financially viable - or someone else would have done it by now. The big carriers just want to carry as many people as possible to make as big a return as possible.

The days of air travel being glamorous and exciting are sadly long past. Now it's more akin to getting a bus or train than actually being an exciting part of the trip/holiday.

Concorde: RIP.]]>Aug 29th 2006 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
Ok, so there was a LOT of government money involved in researching and developing Concorde, and this private jet is surely intended to be a profitable private enterprise. It's a shame that supersonic travel is still going to be unattainable for 99.9999% of air travellers.
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Rich people don't care about the price of fuel.]]>Aug 29th 2006 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
I don't think a jet like that will find enough customers to make it viable. Concordes stopped flying because they were losing money. They've got one sitting on display at the Charles de-Gualle airport in Paris that stands as a testament to speeds this world just isn't ready for yet.

Also, I've been wondering how planes are gonna fly when oil dries up...and how are we gonna make plastics o.O]]>Aug 29th 2006 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/qsst/

Here's the link to the actual source:
http://www.saiqsst.com/

Also, it's nowhere near "production" - SAI is projecting the first test flight in 2011, with the first customer delivery in 2018.]]>Aug 29th 2006 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
Actually a supersonic aircraft is at its most efficient operating speed at above mach 1. Engine technology is vastly better than when Concorde's Olympus engines were designed in the early '60s (the same engines by the way that powered Mirage fighter aircraft...no wonder they required so much maintenance!). The proposed jet from Aerion will use a modified version of a P&W engine utilized today in thousands of MD-80s, so maintenance and fuel costs shouldn't be that much higher for the new aircraft.]]>Aug 29th 2006 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/sry]]>Aug 29th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
The fact that this is still being designed is VERY different from being in production. Seriously, what story were you reading?

Maybe you shouldn't post at 4:30 in the morning anymore.]]>Aug 29th 2006 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
2. "it costs too much" doesn't apply here. This is aimed at the ultra wealthy citizens of the world who will spend what amounts to pennies to them to literally buy time.

3. Dave, if you know what it costs to fill up your car ($60) then you may be comfortable but you're so far from rich that you have no concept of what it looks like.]]>Aug 29th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
* It was designed brute-force, in the days before CAD and computers to simulate hydrodynamics; its shape was just barely good enough to make Mach 1 without shaking itself to bits. By contrast, a supersonic jet designed with modern methods should be much more reliable and fuel-efficient.

* Because it was a brute-force effort, its sonic boom was much louder than a modern SST would be. This is what kept it from flying over the US. Without that, its only use was for transatlantic hops, where it saved only two hours.

* Because it was so inefficient on fuel, it could not carry enough to cross the Pacific, where its extra speed would have been welcome.

* Because there were so few made, replacement parts had to be made by hand, which drove up the cost of maintenance.

I wouldn't say that the death of the Concorde set us back thirty years. Rather, it brought the reasons for the Concorde's failures into the public eye, and drew the attention of those who thought they could do better.]]>Aug 29th 2006 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Aug 29th 2006 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Plus showing up two hours ahead of departure, due to security, and transportation to and from airport, and that 2 hour flight now looks more like 6+ hours total travel time.]]>Aug 30th 2006 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Rich guy, people who buy jets like these have so much money they have someone else put the gas in the tank. I recall a Simple Life episode where Paris and Nichole had to put gas in the their SUV but couldn't figure it out. The show tried to edit things to make them look stupid but lets be honest, they're so rich they never had to exit their car at a gas station. Paris has lots of money but I'll bet you even she wouldn't have enough to buy one of these jets, and staff/fly/maintain it. The market on for the planes is very small, and very, very, very wealthy.]]>Aug 29th 2006 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/ The last I saw Aerion was trying to find backers to get a working full scale prototype of the plane pictured here.
it loks like they wound up forming an alliance or partnership with Lockheed Martin.

Well if things go well enough I might try to book a flight just for the hell of it!

I miss seeing the Concorde, but I am eager to see that the United States is trying to get into the hypersonic commercial flight after so many years of being stagnate in this particular field.

If they can find a way to rescind the strict law restricting the rate of speed a civilian jet can fly over the United States, then I just might try to book a flight just for the hell of it.

In most parts of the world the rule is: you can fly as fast as you want as long as there is no "boom" to be heard from the ground.


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As far as th noise factor,for over ten years now Boeing has been using a class 3 engine to greatly reduce noise greatly.
Compare the decibell levels of the 747's with the 777's and you'll see that the noise factor is being looked into.

After all those years of the Concorde flights, you know that there is great deal of improvement to caome on this smaller plane.

Any way you look at it ,technology will march on despite the protest, one way or another it's just a matter of time before it becomes a common thing in life... look at how we work today as opposed to 25-30 years ago. You can't stop progress. ]]>Aug 30th 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
Also, because they were using military jet engines they had to be overhauled MUCH more frequently than commercial fanjet engines. The lack of a low-maintenance engine capable of going supersonic, combined with the sonic boom issue has until recently deterred manufacturers from building a new SST.]]>Aug 29th 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/

I think you meant OVERLORDS, not OVERLOADS]]>Aug 29th 2006 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/The typo and incorrect picture are unfortunate. A mistake often made by mutilinguals. Saying that, it is utter overkill to complain about it repeatedly. Ever hear about beating a dead horse?

On Topic:
This is very promising. I love following aviation and especially commercial and business jets as opposed to military aircrafts. I have flown on business jets a couple of times (mid-sized) and as nice and comfortable the ride is, it was more about not having to deal with commercial airports, security checks, lines, attitudes from check-in personal, TSA, and fellow air travelers. I think this will be a big hit with governments looking to add and replace VIP aircrafts. I believe the ultra-rich would prefer a bigger, more comfortable , more customizable plane than a smaller but faster bird.

Question:
What do you call someone who only speaks one language?

Answer:
An American.]]>Aug 31st 2006 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/
waddo
http://www.waddo.net/]]>Aug 29th 2006 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/qsst-new-supersonic-jet-will-travel-coast-to-coast-in-two-hour/Sep 1st 2006 11:47AM