New Plane Developed by Reaction Engines - The A2

very cool plane. :)

Wow thats really great. Two big problem with concorde is the limited passenger capacity and emissions.

Hope it comes into service soon!

The 4 hours 40 minutes estimated flight time is from Belgium International.

Wonder if they will ever fly it from the UK or if it will be too expensive to expand airports.

it the way to travel :P

on a random note BA going to be flying an A318 from london City Airport to JFK with a fuel stop at Shannon just shows thing are changing :D


http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...c_plane_eu.jpg

being power by hydrogen hopefully meaning cheaper flights?

i would love to go in this tbh

I wonder if there will be runways long enough with that thing :P

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Originally Posted by Dan2nd

:O how will the pilots see where their going ???? Unless theres like shutters or something that come up and down... I'd feel really claustrophobic with out windows :(

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The computer can actually do a full flight from takeoff to landing, the pilots could easily do a landing though as they would be slow enough to open up metal shields to see through windows. Then they would have to taxi but your only allowed to taxi at a certain low speed anyway.

But I won't be one of the first people on this plane. Although, the Concorde got off to a bad start but that was through no fault of its own.

How would it land if it is going so fast :S

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Originally Posted by Naru

The computer can actually do a full flight from takeoff to landing, the pilots could easily do a landing though as they would be slow enough to open up metal shields to see through windows. Then they would have to taxi but your only allowed to taxi at a certain low speed anyway.

But I won't be one of the first people on this plane. Although, the Concorde got off to a bad start but that was through no fault of its own.

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The Concorde was a great aircraft. This A2 may not even come yet, you all asking questions about how would they see and all that, all you have seen is a computer made image, the final design will be very different.

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Originally Posted by Tom743

How would it land if it is going so fast :S

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It would slow down, obviously. Current planes do not land at 600kmph either you know ;).

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Originally Posted by MattGarner

The Concorde was a great aircraft. This A2 may not even come yet, you all asking questions about how would they see and all that, all you have seen is a computer made image, the final design will be very different.

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I agree, concorde was a great aircraft. I do think it will still have a similar rocket feel to it though if its go that fast ;).