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A Supersonic 'Mini Concorde' Business Jet is going to Happen
This bird was reviled in 2004 and the company is partnering with Airbus to build the bird. (flightclub.jalopnik.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Neat!
The operating costs are borne by the owners of the aircraft. It is none of anyone's business how the owners spend their money
The original plan was to use three JT-8's for propulsion. In other words, this business jet needs the same propulsion plan of a 727 so these well-heeled owners can "get there first." Carbon emissions and fossil fuel use are everybody's business, like it or not.
ok....The question was about operating costs and of course the cost of the aircraft. I did not address nor did the OP mention anything about carbon footprints.
I would love to be on the engineering team to do the first interior in one of these. I was in the VIP interior industry for a decade, and the smaller aircraft were more challenging. Of course, the 747-400s were much more extravagant, but there's so much space (and weight limit) to work with, the engineering is pretty straight forward.
Why was it hated so much in 2004?