Will they ever bring the Concorde back?

[Anonymous]

I was younger and never got a chance to fly on the concord. While I don't like to fly much I always wanted to fly that fast and travel on it. Do you think it will ever be brought back?

[Anonymous]

Not the concorde but the next gen of quiet supersonic aircraft. Boom is aiming for flights in the 3-5 years.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'd heard about the new gen of supersonics.

[Anonymous]

I follow a Concorde fan group on Facebook, and a question like this comes up all the time. The consensus there is that there is no way the plane will ever fly again. The reasons given are mostly that they no longer make the parts for it, and it’s not like you could take parts that work on a 777 for example. So you would need to start making parts for a 50+ year old plane again, then you would need to find a regulatory body that would certify it as being airworthy. All said and done, none of that is going to happen. Shame as I too would love to have seen her fly just once. Our best bet is to hope that the next generation of supersonic planes are not too far away.

[Anonymous]

NASA is testing a new aircraft design (X-59) designed to minimize the sonic boom.

Separately, Boom Supersonic has tested the XB-1 which is a scaled down test aircraft. They plan to build a smaller sized (not a jumbo jet with 300 passengers) supersonic passenger plane. AA, JAL, and UA have placed pre-orders, but it is likely those have liberal cancellation clauses.

Likely routes remain overseas flights, not domestic, because supersonic flight is much less fuel efficient than ordinary flight.

[Anonymous]

Kids today are always Confused in Lindsey Lohans Parent Trap the Mom filies back to England non stop and Dad then flies to London a a few hours later and gets there before her.

He took Concorde she took regular Plane. So confusing to young people.

[Anonymous]

No. It is 1960s technology and a fuel guzzler.