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Modify the designs of existing
passenger jets to exceed the speed
of sound. Re-enforce wings to stand
up to tougher turbulence.
Market flights to thrill seekers who
have to sign a waiver before
traveling. Passengers may
experience up to +/- 3Gs. Plane
doesn't steer clear of any
turbulence
and seeks it out if passengers are put
to a vote. Plane uses the maximum
thrust possible when taking off.
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1) Because of safety concerns (even the dangerous are gonna get sued) there will be no food aboard these flights. Or bathroom visits. Safety belts are solenoid-latched until arrival. |
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2) Because of super-sonic travel, Breakneck Airlines will only be able to operate over water to prevent disturbing the general public with sonic booms. |
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Couldn't I just get a ticket to board the Concord? |
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I don't expect BA to be able to fly
too many places, just a few.
Perhaps up and down coasts, to
keep the planes over the water and
the flights short. |
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After August of this year you won't
be able to board the Concord. |
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There is a, probably apocryphal, story of a 727 passenger jet buzzing a privately owned Spitfire, in the Northern Territory (a largely uninhabited area of northern Australia) in the 1970s. |
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[sartep] I thought BA is British Airways or are you giving a hint to 2 fries where to get a Concord ticket? |
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2 fries better hurry they may soon be gone. |
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They're retiring the Concorde? Waaah! I haven't got to ride it yet (too expensive). |
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Maybe that's why they're retiring it. |
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Kbecker, ha! I wish I had, no sadly
my creativity only stopped with BA
for Breakneck Airlines. (Some
could even argue that my creativity
stopped earlier.) |
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I Wouldn't want to ride in the Concord anyway. Half the time it took off or landed it blew a tire. That's because they did't put enough tires on it. It worked on paper but they kind of just slapped the thing together despite the laws of physics. |
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//Half the time it took off or landed it blew a tire.// Proof? An average of one tire per flight (as Concorde (note spelling) takes off once per flight and tends to land once per flight as well). |
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For added thrills, put a hook on the underside and make carrier-style "arrestor-wire" landings on very short runways. No pansy "joining the circuit" on arrival; come barrelling in from 35,000 ft, come up to Vne, pull out at treetop height (just), no flap approach and slam it on the runway. |
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Oh, and takeoffs are all done with rocket assist units. |
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For intermediate stops, don't land, just deploy those passengers who wish to disembark out of the back on a pallet with their luggage. Parachute arrest optional. |
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