Airplanes & Airports

Wolf

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I don't recall a thread about airplanes or airports and something we hardly talk about around here.

Let's get discussing about Jefferson Airplane, JFK and Bush International airports, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Jets, etc. :p
 
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Wolf

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Ever since the concord was put into retirement back in 2003. Traveling on planes is much longer now. I recently came across there might be a new supersonic jet.

Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
Boom - United Goes Supersonic
United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

United airlines hopes to use them by 2029, seems like a long time from now to get onboard with it.

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Ever since the concord was put into retirement back in 2003. Traveling on planes is much longer now. I recently came across there might be a new supersonic jet.

Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
Boom - United Goes Supersonic
United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

United airlines hopes to use them by 2029, seems like a long time from now to get onboard with it.

_118803936_united-boom.jpg
I saw a story about this on 60 Minutes, I think.

All I know about airports, is that Denver has some fukked-up artwork

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HecticArt

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Ever since the concord was put into retirement back in 2003. Traveling on planes is much longer now. I recently came across there might be a new supersonic jet.

Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
Boom - United Goes Supersonic
United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

United airlines hopes to use them by 2029, seems like a long time from now to get onboard with it.

_118803936_united-boom.jpg
Did anyone actually slow down enough to think about it before they decided to name the company BOOM!?
 
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Did anyone actually slow down enough to think about it before they decided to name the company BOOM!?
Travelling faster than the speed of sound causes a sonic boom, which can be heard on the ground as a loud thunderclap or explosion. It's where the company Boom got its name.

The boom limits where the planes can fly. Typically they must lower their speed until they are out over the ocean, away from citizens who may be disturbed by the loud bang.
Boom says it is confident that its plane will not be any louder than other modern passenger jets while taking off, flying over land and landing. It also hopes improvements in aircraft design since Concorde will help it reduce and mitigate the sonic boom.
 

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Travelling faster than the speed of sound causes a sonic boom, which can be heard on the ground as a loud thunderclap or explosion. It's where the company Boom got its name.

The boom limits where the planes can fly. Typically they must lower their speed until they are out over the ocean, away from citizens who may be disturbed by the loud bang.
Boom says it is confident that its plane will not be any louder than other modern passenger jets while taking off, flying over land and landing. It also hopes improvements in aircraft design since Concorde will help it reduce and mitigate the sonic boom.
Um, duh. It was one of those humorous observations.
 
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So maybe it wasn’t hilarious, and it was a little derivative of the joke about naming the other company Boing, but still.
 

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Oh my. January seems like a LONG time ago.
That was my last day at my old job. I was a little more distracted than usual.

Yep. That's some fukked up art.