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Japan and France to research a new Concorde

Announced at Paris, the two countries will jointly develop a new mach 5 SST in the coming years.

http://www.comcast.net/finance/index.jsp?cat=FINANCE&fn=/2005/06/15/156734.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4094810.stm

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By: fightingirish - 16th June 2005 at 20:58

SSBJ

Still, I can see a SSBJ having its first flight between 2015 and 2020.
Supercruise engines and boom reduction from the QSP-Programm and so on.
Maybe something like this:
http://www.mems.duke.edu/images/pictures/qsst_aircraft.jpg

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By: Grey Area - 16th June 2005 at 16:51

You said it, bring_it_on…… :D:D:D

The economics of supersonic mass travel just don’t deliver the profit dollars – it’s as true now as it was in the 1970s.

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By: bring_it_on - 16th June 2005 at 07:20

the same thing that is gonna happen to this aircraft 3 years from now.. 😀

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By: Grey Area - 16th June 2005 at 07:17

Hmmmm…… yes.

Whatever happened to the Gulfstream(?)/Sukhoi Mach 3 bizjet that everyone was getting so excited about a few years ago?

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By: bring_it_on - 16th June 2005 at 07:02

cuz of production problems maybe 😀

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By: US Agent - 16th June 2005 at 01:28

And I guess there was no chance of France sigining an “accord” with Britain this week ? 😀 :dev2: 😮

LOL…no, I guess not.

And why weren’t the Germans asked to participate in this project? :rolleyes:

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By: Ren Frew - 16th June 2005 at 01:14

And I guess there was no chance of France sigining an “accord” with Britain this week ? 😀 :dev2: 😮

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By: bring_it_on - 15th June 2005 at 19:26

Hummmm that ought to raise some eyebrows….i wish it is succesfull and by the time i turn 50 i would be flyin trans-pacific at mach 5..however i all reality/practicality its is nothing then some research that got a whole lot of hype from the media cuz it was COOL

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