From kls Mon Nov 24 03:27:49 1997 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners,misc.transport.air-industry Path: bounce-back Date: 24 Nov 97 03:27:49 From: tschell@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Terry Schell) Subject: Re: Concorde's other customers References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrew Weir writes: >Without its extra speed, the only thing giving it an edge, it was useless >(with the exception of some Atlantic and maybe polar routes). The great >mystery to me is why the sonic bang problem was not addressed before the >prototype flew. And as for its normal noise, ever heard one of them >take-off? Ouch. I don't know why people make such a big deal about the noise of the concord on take off. It really isn't much louder than a Harrier Jump jet hovering over your head. ;-)