According to the BBC, EADS is teaming up with Japanese companies to make a succesor to Concorde.
However, the spokesman added no firm timescale was in place for replacing Concorde, which retired last month.
The hypersonic plane would be able to travel at twice the speed of Concorde, meaning it could fly between Paris and Tokyo in two hours, Mr Camus told the French newspaper Liberation.
He added that the market was not currently able to support the launch of a commercial programme, but there was currently “collaboration” between Europe and Japan on engines for the jet.
“Working groups are considering it,” he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3231354.stm
Sounds like a nice idea, shame that there is no time scale. So let’s open a bet. The person closest to the in-service date wins something. By the time it is in service you’ll have forgotten about this bet anyway! 😀
My bet is 20 years at least!
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November 23, 2003 at 8:39 pm