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by Kumbaya on February 5th, 2007
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Would you rather fly in an airplane or a helocopter?
by I gave her a wink and a smile on October 13th, 2011
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What would you do if an eight armed elephant started throwing trucks, knocking down buildings, and eating the fighter jets sent to stop him?
by Want To Sleep With A Miner on September 4th, 2011
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Are you good at flying airplanes?
by PL is on vacation right now on October 20th, 2011
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What would you do if there was a sleeping baby on your plane and you haven't cried for 2 days?
by Andy B has left AB on October 13th, 2011
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Can you say that you have gone up in more airplanes than you have come down in? I can!
by Texaspete on June 30th, 2011
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You're reading Besides Concorde, what other supersonic airliners exist, or used to exist?
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No, the 7E7 was only going to be near-sonic - Mach 0.95 instead of the Mach 0.85 of current subsonic airliners. But the airliners said "so what", do they went for the Dreamliner instead. The order book says that this is looking like a very good call. At the time Concorde was being designed, Boeing looked into a competitor, but they aimed too hight (it had to be twice as big as Concorde, and nearly twice as fast) and they decided not to proceed with the project - wisely, as it turned out.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on February 5th, 2007
After I wrote that I searched "7E7" in dogpile and I noticed it's the dreamliner. I also think Boeing is interested in supersonic planes similar to Concorde or Tu-144 (which is a copy of Concorde, I said that), because they did some test-flights with an old Tu-144...
by Kumbaya on February 7th, 2007