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What killed the Concorde was economics. It simply wasn't worth while doing and then when one finally crashed that one time, the entire fleet was mothballed
For anyone who was as confused as I was -
To mothball: to stop using a piece of equipment but keep it in good condition so that it can easily be used again
I've spent over 35 years speaking (and studying) this bizarre language we call English. Yet until seeing your comment, I had no idea "mothball" could be a verb. TIL!
Wait until you hear about pickling. A number of military aircraft at the “boneyard” At Davis-Monthan AFB are still suitable for service; their engines having been removed and pickled within a special crate beside the aircraft.
Marine desalination systems are pickled between extended periods of non-use.
And there’s also the traditional use for pickled.
At first I read "engineers" instead of "engines" and wondered if there was revival process or if they just didn't want the engineers working on anything else.
Stop it! I’ve had enough “want to feel old?” for one day and it’s barely gone 9.
Anything in English can be a verb. Fucking "squeegee" can be a verb.
Honestly I haven't seen it often. I think the first time I saw it was actually in a Crusader Kings 2 or Europa Universalis 4 tutorial video because it was an option you could do to your forts or something to reduce upkeep.
True. And the fact that because of sonic boom it was not allowed to fly supersonic above land. Only when it reached the atlantic supersonic was allowed. So it's practical use was quite limited.
Boom is working on a 'successor' to the Concorde without the loud boom when going above speed of sound.
That’s specifically a US regulation, but costly as coast to coast across the US would be the only other viable route.
Possibly only existing as a reg because it wasn't an American plane...
Nonsense, rich people constantly buy expensive things.
They do but if you saw pictures of the inside you would see it was pretty tight. The super rich have their own jets and the regular rich prefer their pods.