[doublepost=1497984830,1497984227][/doublepost]Am deschis acest thread pentru se pare ca gluma se ingrasa:
http://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaart/76-bestellingen-voor-opvolger-Concorde/9906173
It has been speculated for some years, but never was the revival of a passenger plane that flies faster than the noise, so close. On the airline Le Bourget in Paris, Blake Sholl, the entrepreneur who wanted to revive the dream of a supersonic plane, was looking forward to 76 orders from various airline companies. The first customer is the British airline Virgin Atlantic of billionaire Richard Branson.
The first instance of the Boom jet must be used on line flights in 2023. The smaller test version XB-1, or called Baby-Boom, will make its first flight at the end of next year. In the consortium that builds on the Tree, trusted names are from the aircraft industry such as engineer Pratt & Whitney, Nasa, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, as well as SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company, Virgin Galactic (by Richard Branson) and tech giant Amazon.
That French-British prestige project, which made its first flight in 1969, never hit the red figures due to the high development costs, but mainly due to rising oil prices. The fuel consumption of the device was enormous, resulting in a return ticket of London-New York costing 11,000 euros. For a device with 128 seats it proved unfeasible.
This is immediately the biggest difference with the new boom, which can take "only" 55 passengers and thereby get more quickly filled. But new sophisticated materials, propulsion and test technology make the boom cheaper to build.
Nevertheless, it remains a risk: the list price for a Boom jet would be around 200 million dollars (179 million euros). For this you have two Boeings-737.
http://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaart/76-bestellingen-voor-opvolger-Concorde/9906173
Er wordt al enkele jaren over gespeculeerd, maar nooit was de revival van een passagiersvliegtuig dat sneller vliegt dan het geluid, zo dichtbij. Op de vliegtuigbeurs Le Bourget in Parijs kon Blake Sholl, de ondernemer die de droom van een supersonisch vliegtuig nieuw leven wil inblazen, zich verheugen op 76 bestellingen van diverse luchtvaartmaatschapijen. De eerste klant is de Britse luchtvaartmaatschappij Virgin Atlantic van miljardair Richard Branson.
Het eerste exemplaar van de Boom-jet moet in 2023 op lijnvluchten ingezet worden. De kleinere testversie XB-1, of ook 'Baby-Boom' genaamd, zal eind volgend jaar zijn eerste vlucht maken. In het consortium dat bouwt aan de Boom, zitten vertrouwde namen uit de vliegtuigindustrie zoals motorbouwer Pratt&Whitney, Nasa, Lockheed Martin en Boeing, maar ook SpaceX, het ruimtevaartbedrijf van Elon Musk, Virgin Galactic (van Richard Branson) en techgigant Amazon.
Dat Frans-Britse prestigeproject, dat in 1969 zijn eerste vlucht maakte, raakte nooit uit de rode cijfers door de hoge ontwikkelingskosten, maar vooral door de stijgende olieprijzen. Het brandstofverbruik van het toestel was gigantisch, waardoor een retour-ticketje Londen-New York omgerekend 11.000 euro kostte. Voor een toestel met 128 zitjes bleek dat onhaalbaar.
Dat is meteen het grootste verschil met de nieuwe Boom, die 'slechts' 55 passagiers kan meenemen en daardoor sneller gevuld raakt. Maar ook nieuwe gesofisticeerde materialen, voorstuwings- en testtechnologie maken dat de Boom goedkoper kan gebouwd worden.
Toch blijft het een risico: de catalogusprijs voor een Boom-jet zou rond de 200 miljoen dollar (179 miljoen euro) liggen. Daarvoor heb je twee Boeings-737.
It has been speculated for some years, but never was the revival of a passenger plane that flies faster than the noise, so close. On the airline Le Bourget in Paris, Blake Sholl, the entrepreneur who wanted to revive the dream of a supersonic plane, was looking forward to 76 orders from various airline companies. The first customer is the British airline Virgin Atlantic of billionaire Richard Branson.
The first instance of the Boom jet must be used on line flights in 2023. The smaller test version XB-1, or called Baby-Boom, will make its first flight at the end of next year. In the consortium that builds on the Tree, trusted names are from the aircraft industry such as engineer Pratt & Whitney, Nasa, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, as well as SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company, Virgin Galactic (by Richard Branson) and tech giant Amazon.
That French-British prestige project, which made its first flight in 1969, never hit the red figures due to the high development costs, but mainly due to rising oil prices. The fuel consumption of the device was enormous, resulting in a return ticket of London-New York costing 11,000 euros. For a device with 128 seats it proved unfeasible.
This is immediately the biggest difference with the new boom, which can take "only" 55 passengers and thereby get more quickly filled. But new sophisticated materials, propulsion and test technology make the boom cheaper to build.
Nevertheless, it remains a risk: the list price for a Boom jet would be around 200 million dollars (179 million euros). For this you have two Boeings-737.