#Supersonic Travel

[mindblowingscience]

The term space plane conjures up all sorts of images and NASA, with their new X-59 (even the name sounds mysterious) they have definitely not disappointed. Their new quiet supersonic aircraft has been designed to minimize the sonic boom it creates when it crosses the speed of sound. It will fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound and is set for its maiden flight later this year.

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[rodspurethoughts]

The Return of Supersonic Travel: A Nostalgic Pilot’s First Look at the Future

In the heart of the summer, at the bustling Farnborough International Airshow, a significant piece of aviation history intertwined with the future of supersonic travel. Mike Bannister, the former chief Concorde pilot renowned for his extensive experience with the iconic supersonic jet, took a remarkable step into the cockpit of the future. He had the unique opportunity to test the Overture flight…

[sustainableyadayadayada]

January 2024 in Review

Most frightening and/or depressing story: 2023 was “a year of war“, and so far 2024 is not looking better. Those diplomatic grand bargains you always hear about seem to be getting less grand. And the drumbeat for a U.S. attack on Iran got louder. Most hopeful story: According to Bill Gates, some bright spots in the world today include gains in administering vaccines to children around the world,…

[takethelx3]

I just keep rattling them inside my brain :)

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

concorde supersonic airliner, circa 1985.

[nocternalrandomness]

In the gate at JFK Int'l - Nov 25 2003

[flyingprivate]

Bombardier's Global 8000

[vintage-tigre]

The Concorde supersonic jet inaugural flight in 1976. The aircraft could fly from to London to New York in just over 3 hours, at speeds up to Mach 2. It was retired in 2003 due to financial viability and safety concerns.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

I should go to Paris and jump off the Eiffel Tower. I’ll be dead. you know, in fact, if I get the Concorde, I could be dead three hours earlier, which would be perfect. Or wait a minute. It -- with the time change, I could be alive for six hours in New York but dead three hours in Paris. I could get things done, and I could also be dead.

Woody Allen

Concorde flying over New York’s skyline to JFK airport on its first ever flight in 1977.

[stone-cold-groove]

2000 mph airliner... another engineering challenge! Ad for the International Nickel Company - 1962.

[voidsentprinces]

People ship with Aymeric. Which is a problem because OTHER people also ship with them and have decided to make it their sole miserable mission in life to make others so miserable they STOP shipping with Aymeric. From stray posts I see after the fact here and there its either because Aymeric is somehow considered the "Basic Bitch" option which like, so what? Get a fucking life. People like pretty elf boys, because Aymeric is THEIRS ONLY THEY AREN'T ALLOWED TO SHIP WITH THEM DONT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE NINETEEN KIDS AND A TV SPECIAL PLANNED!?! HOW DARE YOU RUIN THEIR RELATIONSHIP, HE IS TAKEN levels of absolute batshittery, or others are just miserable so they gotta bully you off Aymeric by harassing you ceaselessly.

Like...I am not DEEP into shipping dramas so I only occasionally see stray "Oh, you ship with Zenos? You must be the worst person in the world" level posts here and there. But from my own tiny corner of the internet, even I have seen posts about people being actively harassed off of shipping with Aymeric and it is almost always AYMERIC. I read a post back a while that during Heavensward the community were just not entirely "down" with shipping with NPCs in general so back lash over shipping with anyone was prevelant which doesn't make it any better but it was more so because, aforementioned Aymeric, pretty boy elf. I cannot say I am an official word on the matter, but that is just what I've read here and there. So...

[vermillioncrown]

so like in a moder au where cultivators exist and have access to swords and snowboards, how do you think learning both would go? i skii but ive tried snowboarding and it definitely takes different muscles and balance. also i want a someone (*cough wwx*) to think eh thisll be easy and then board into a tree.

well, idk if modern au will be like life as we know + swordflight

disregarding the fun of learning two different things to ride, that's a whole ICAO (int'l civil aviation organization) mess to deal with. let alone how 'modern' aviation would come about without the incentive of inventing general aviation aircraft (small private planes)

modern life (thus, globalization) would be very different

but hey, snowboarding would still exist!

wwx would have never seen snow before, so he'd wipe so fucking hard. it'd probably happen where he gets complacent, picks up speed, launches himself into the air, forgets he can't maneuver the snowboard midair like a sword, and splats like a looney toon downhill

[rodspurethoughts]

Boom Supersonic Announces Major Advances in Overture Aircraft and Symphony Engine Development

DENVER, July 23, 2024 – At the Farnborough International Airshow, Boom Supersonic, a trailblazer in supersonic technology, unveiled several strategic advancements in the development of its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programs. These developments signify significant progress in the company’s quest to launch the world’s fastest commercial airliner. Boom Supersonic Accelerates Overture…

[sustainableyadayadayada]

what's new with super-sonic flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin claim to have a prototype supersonic jet whose sonic boom sounds “like a car door slamming heard from inside”. This could open the door to commercial supersonic flight over populated areas. Well, we don’t even have commercial super-sonic flight over the oceans at the moment, which would be helpful to long-haul travelers. The article doesn’t say when this might happen, but…

[carlocarrasco]

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 10

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans! In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s and 1990s. For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books,…