Supersonic Future We ALMOST got - Full TV Documentary

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[spookybricks]

If I had a penny for every time “we almost got a supersonic airliner, ” I might actually have enough for a first class ticket on one.

[saltyroe]

Dad (now 99) worked at Convair on the Atlas Project. He told me about the crazies at Convair who were trying to figure at supersonic airliners. He knew that Convair could do it if they had the money.
Dad kept talking about how the cost was going to be to high

[michaelw]

The problem with the SST was the speed goal was simply too high. By pushing way beyond Concorde specs they has to deal with heating, expansion and fuel efficiency. The faster you go the worse it gets. Concorde had an Al skin and did not leak like an SR-71.

[groomlake]

FYI the YF-12, A-12, & RS-71 aka SR-71 all gained fuel efficiency as speed increased because the inlet and spike produced up to 80% of the thrust. So @ Mach 3.2 it got the best fuel millage.

[commentguru]

Brilliant brilliant documentary. This scratches an itch I didn’t even know I had 😮. Really love the content you are putting out. So watchable. Your format is a winner.

[Xedgehog]

TWA optioned their Concordes to gain experience with SST, expecting to purchase the B2707. When the B2707 expired, so did the Concorde options.

[DanDauzacker]

Brazilian "Panair Do Brasil" (now extinct) also had ordered Concorde. But Panair was "put to sleep" in the midle 60's due to a Military coupe

[idiotsinatank]

What’s really cool to know, in the near future someone is gonna decide to make a supersonic airliner and it might become a standard

[noxxspire]

18:43 "13.7 meters above sea level" 😭

[GlamorousTitanic]

This channel spoils us so much and I love it ^^

[Normanx]

I flew as a pilot observer in the Concorde twice. The complexity, fuel management, high takeoff and landing speed, high angle of attack on landing and overall noise and expense meant they were not economically viable. They were loss leaders. They were very risky to fly. A swing wing design would have been best.

[SebSN-yf]

Hi Nick, as far as concepts for fast point-to-point air travel are concerned, there is still no mention of SpaceX's Starhip, which was also designed for time-saving travel over long distances on Earth. This would make it possible to reach pretty much any destination in 60 minutes.
Great channel. Subscribed and wish you much more such good videos and success!

[eduardbass]

Supersonic flights would only make sense for long range flights 9 hours plus otherwise for most people it’s just not worth it even businessmen.

[parrot_gamer]

At 13:13 i loved how the doors just flew off

[intercommerce]

As a kid in the '60s & 70's, I was thrilled by the concept of the U.S. SST. The primary complaint media focused on the 3% of sonic-boom complainers. But they show the plane going supersonic at take-off from populous airport hubs. The plane should have been designed from the outset for trans-oceanic trips like Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, etc., only going mach 3 at high altitude, and only over the ocean and thus, no complaints. 50 years have now gone by, and it seems everyone has just given up on the idea, despite the advances of aeronautic technology.

[saltyroe]

My dad (now 99) said when Boeing dropped the swing that big problem was that aerospace was used to unlimited government funding. Thus if a company could get the government to buy a bomber, the company would only have to develop a fuselage for passengers. The problem was that wasn't enough money in the US economy to develop and fly the airliner. Thus instead of justifying the supersonic fighters and bombers in order to survive the USSR, the supersonic airliners would bankrupt the USA and thus the people of the USA would have lost the cold war without shooting. It is interesting that the USSR collapsed because they focused on military and their people were referred to the poorest whit people on the planet.

[TheOtherSteel]

18:49 -- "...13.7 meters above sea level..."

I hope the seas are calm.

[Packless]

2:55 ...if they removed the rear-gun, they would have saved weight and find space for some more liters of fuel...i mean, does an airliner need a M-61 'Vulcan'-gun...? ;-)

[paulscotchsmychannelyourch]

Fuel costs stuffed it.
However Concorde venture with French an Britain
Won as a full supersonic passenger aircraft
Cheers

[robinj.]

The Americans were trying to build a "economic" to operate Mach 3 transport. While the UK/French program was sticking to an easier to build, cheaper to fly Mach 2 machine!
Thus the failure of our US companies to gain enough investment dollars to finish and compete.