Astonishing Facts....
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Nanook said:
Ayahuasca said:
There are more cricket clubs in America than in England.
USA?Or the continent?
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hahaha it is normally me who makes comments like that... anyway I believe there are more cricket clubs in the USA than in England, as well as more in America (big America) than England.
Condi said:
kowalski655 said:
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Interesting fact.
Condi said:
kowalski655 said:
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Ayahuasca said:
Condi said:
kowalski655 said:
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Condi said:
kowalski655 said:
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Halmyre said:
I quibble - the modern jetliner is more technically advanced than Concorde, albeit slower. A WW2 Meteor pilot would understand Concorde but a Dreamliner would baffle him. It would be like showing Alexander Graham Bell an iPhone.
Indeed, if there was a market for it, we would have supersonic jets now that are even faster, bigger and more fuel efficient than Concorde. But there isn't a market, so we just have aircraft that are bigger and more fuel efficient, or smaller so we can get to Spain for ten quid.Rostfritt said:
Indeed, if there was a market for it, we would have supersonic jets now that are even faster, bigger and more fuel efficient than Concorde. But there isn't a market, so we just have aircraft that are bigger and more fuel efficient, or smaller so we can get to Spain for ten quid.
There is a market, but the technical ability to overcome the problems with Concorde (passenger capacity, sonic boom, emissions, etc) have prevented its replacement. If you can get to Spain for a tenner, most people would spend £20 to get there in half the time. Business passengers would pay considerably more than £300 return across the Atlantic to cut the time by 2 or 3 hours each way.
Condi said:
Rostfritt said:
Indeed, if there was a market for it, we would have supersonic jets now that are even faster, bigger and more fuel efficient than Concorde. But there isn't a market, so we just have aircraft that are bigger and more fuel efficient, or smaller so we can get to Spain for ten quid.
There is a market, but the technical ability to overcome the problems with Concorde (passenger capacity, sonic boom, emissions, etc) have prevented its replacement. If you can get to Spain for a tenner, most people would spend £20 to get there in half the time. Business passengers would pay considerably more than £300 return across the Atlantic to cut the time by 2 or 3 hours each way.
However I suspect that if, for example, we were doing a lot more trade with Australia and New Zealand, 12-13 hours out, and 24 hours travelling, then some option of getting their sooner would become a possibility. For example I may have to go and meet with our NZ counterparts in the next few weeks, but its going to need a week out of work to travel there and back and have a couple of days of meetings, which becomes dead time whilst I travel and who knows about the jet lag..
Shakermaker said:
Condi said:
Rostfritt said:
Indeed, if there was a market for it, we would have supersonic jets now that are even faster, bigger and more fuel efficient than Concorde. But there isn't a market, so we just have aircraft that are bigger and more fuel efficient, or smaller so we can get to Spain for ten quid.
There is a market, but the technical ability to overcome the problems with Concorde (passenger capacity, sonic boom, emissions, etc) have prevented its replacement. If you can get to Spain for a tenner, most people would spend £20 to get there in half the time. Business passengers would pay considerably more than £300 return across the Atlantic to cut the time by 2 or 3 hours each way.
However I suspect that if, for example, we were doing a lot more trade with Australia and New Zealand, 12-13 hours out, and 24 hours travelling, then some option of getting their sooner would become a possibility. For example I may have to go and meet with our NZ counterparts in the next few weeks, but its going to need a week out of work to travel there and back and have a couple of days of meetings, which becomes dead time whilst I travel and who knows about the jet lag..
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