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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by maltalex on Monday May 07, 2018 @02:55PM (#17015386)
You should reconsider the name. Not everyone will think of sonic boom when the word "boom" comes up in context to aviation.
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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by golangnews on Monday May 07, 2018 @04:26PM (#17016210)
The name also succinctly states the strongest objection to the idea (noise pollution).
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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by eric_h on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:41PM (#17016697)
I flew on the Concorde once. I didn't hear any sonic booms ;)
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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by josu on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:25PM (#17017328)
I don't think you can hear the sonic boom when you are traveling above the speed of sound. I think that the sonic boom is only experienced by a stationary object observing the event.
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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by JetSpiegel on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:41PM (#17017414)
That's the joke.

Startup idea: accelerate paying customers on the ground to Mach 1 to make the sonic boom go away.

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