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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:57 AM Original message |
The disaster that effectively ended commercial supersonic air travel |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Key-reist. Jet tires get shredded all the time. They don't usually cause fuel tanks to explode. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. For the record I never believed the tire shredded from that strip of metal they said did it |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Those planes were basically one-offs |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. At 33 sec. into video, plane is still on the ground, rotating, wing is aflame. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. This is a French court, of course they are not going to blame the design |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Back in the 70s we envisioned a world where all flights were on "SSTs". |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I had a picture of the SST on my tool box back then |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. that's misleading. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. But, it was beautiful to behold. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. agreed, it was a beaut. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Concorde was a losing proposition anyway |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well, it did get Phil Collins across the pond in time to play at both Live Aid concerts |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's a good thing? |
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