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Fly from New York to London in 11 MINUTES: Radical ‘Antipode’ concept plane [...] revealed
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 25 Jan 2016 | ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD

Posted on 01/25/2016 8:01:36 PM PST by grey_whiskers

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A couple o' questions.

1) Green footprint? Fuel consumption is gonna be nasty.

2) What will the body design be? In particular so the body doesn't melt or catch fire at Mach 24.

3) Have they heard about this at Area 51?

4) I guess this plane will never have enough fuel to go into a holding pattern no matter how backed up the airport is.

5) What are the g-forces on the passengers during acceleration?

6) I guess there won't be time for a beverage cart: but *all* the seats (and the fuselage, and the wings...) will most definitely be "smoking".

1 posted on 01/25/2016 8:01:36 PM PST by grey_whiskers
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Get a horse!


2 posted on 01/25/2016 8:04:58 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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The UK is finished. We don’t need to be giving their immigrants easy access to the USA.imo


3 posted on 01/25/2016 8:05:01 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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Like the Sanger Silbervogel?


4 posted on 01/25/2016 8:06:40 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Has anyone thought about the dietary incentive this offers. It costs $10,000 per pound to put an object into orbit, and the cost of a suborbital trajectory won't be a lot less. Lay off the egg-nog and fruit-cake over Christmas or shell out $100,000 in weight penalties.

Luggage? For the $400,000 for a 40lb bag you could buy a whole new wardrobe landing.

5 posted on 01/25/2016 8:09:11 PM PST by AndyJackson
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6 posted on 01/25/2016 8:11:52 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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4) no problem at backed up airports. They can grease it onto the runway at Mach 3 in between the regular jets.


7 posted on 01/25/2016 8:13:09 PM PST by eartrumpet
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The X-Files solved that issue yesterday.


8 posted on 01/25/2016 8:13:13 PM PST by Paladin2
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The X-Files solved that issue yesterday.

For some reason, that reminds me of "The Mile High Club"...and then the joke about Clark Kent telling Lois Lane he is Superman, in order to score with her.

"Oh, Clark, you really *are* faster than a speeding bullet...!"

9 posted on 01/25/2016 8:15:08 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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10 posted on 01/25/2016 8:16:06 PM PST by Bobalu (I told you so!)
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Lotsa peeps live in Denver....


11 posted on 01/25/2016 8:17:14 PM PST by Paladin2
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Congrats on going to the Super Bowl.
12 posted on 01/25/2016 8:19:18 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Bobalu

Yeah.

I’m thinking those G-forces are gonna realllly be comfortable for the average person who can afford a 400,000.00 rise.

Starting. And stopping.

Let’s let the delivery system of ICBM’s be ... restricted perhaps.


13 posted on 01/25/2016 8:25:06 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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Thunderbirds are Go!


14 posted on 01/25/2016 8:25:40 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
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Fly from New York to London in 11 MINUTES, but your Luggage will Arrive 11 hours later, maybe.


15 posted on 01/25/2016 8:43:41 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))))
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16 posted on 01/25/2016 8:46:03 PM PST by dfwgator
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Canadian Geese- what happens when.......


17 posted on 01/25/2016 8:47:08 PM PST by Nailbiter
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Canadian Geese- what happens when.......

Mutually Assured Destruction...

18 posted on 01/25/2016 8:49:05 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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These would be good designs for a video game. Other than that it is ridiculous.


19 posted on 01/25/2016 8:52:27 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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Won't matter. You'll still be waiting on the tarmac for an hour prior to take-off, and then taxiing 30 minutes after landing..
20 posted on 01/25/2016 8:52:35 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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