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|  Supersonic Airliners. With the last commercial flight of the Concorde in 2003, production of up to 75 Aerion jets valued at $100 million a piece will commence and are expected to enter service by 2012. They are expected to reach speeds of up to 1.6 mach, with a range of 4000 nautical miles. They are designed largely for the high end business market. Designed to provide seating for around 12 people, it is expected to cost $14,000 per hour to operate. Like the Concorde, they have a sleek, long pointed nose and short rear mounted wings that generated 20% less drag.  | |||||||||||
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| Finally! Something fast! It was a dam shame what happened to the Concorde... How fast will these new jets go? Like from London to NY? And where will they operate?
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| Times: New york to LA- 2 hours New york to London- 3 Hours Seattle to Tokyo- 4 Hours | |||||||||||
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