The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde

Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde by solatic on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:26PM (#15500485)

Part of that was due to ETOPS regulations which required twin engine planes to always be within a certain range of a ground airport for emergency landings.

A modern Concorde would almost certainly have an ETOPS rating which would allow for trans-Pacific routes, which is where the true time and fuel efficiency is to be found in supersonic flight.

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Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde by gsnedders on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:09PM (#15500874)

Uh, Concorde was a quadjet? ETOPS didn't apply (and ETOPS didn't exist when Concorde entered operation).

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Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde by solatic on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:32PM (#15501094)

Whoops, you're right, it was a quadjet. My memory screwed up because both engines on each side are so right next to each other, in my memory they fused into a single engine on each side.

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