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[f0rkyspo0n]

I recently read a post the other day saying the Concord is the best regional/short hop aircraft. At first i thought he was joking but im convinced, lets discuss it: 

 

1. Its really FRIGGEN FAST (like mach 4 billion or something)

2. Extremely fuel efficient 

3. doesn't carry a lot of fuel (it weighs less)

4. Only needs about 500 feet of runway  

5. high pax capacity 

6. Really low maintenance cost 

 

anything else anyone wants to add? 

[zortan]

Is this a joke post?

[zelalemon]

incredibly low turn times (like 3 minutes)

[f0rkyspo0n]

incredibly low turn times (like 3 minutes)

definitely 

[PingPong]

Reasons Concorde is NOT a good regional airliner:

1.) Noise (Very noisy turbojets with afterburners for takeoff), banned from many airports at night for noise abatement reasons.
2.) Takeoff Run:
Concorde: 11,800ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
A320: 6,900ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
3.) Fuel Consumption (Longer route: lower impact from takeoff fuel consumption):
Concorde: 46.85lb/mi (standard mile) on Max Range (3900nmi (nautical mile ~=1.15 standard mile)) with 100 seats.
A320: 10.3lb/mi on 2151nmi with 150 seats.
4.) Crew:
Concorde: 2 Pilots + Flight Engineer.
A320: 2 Pilots.
5.) Passengers:
Concorde: 100 (All Economy High Density).
A320: 150 (2 Class), 180 (All Economy), 189 (All Economy High Density).
6.) Fuel Carriage: LOADS (It uses it to trim the aircraft because of the lack of a movable tail).
7.) Maintenance:
Concorde: Old-fashioned trial and error.
A320: Computer-aided troubleshooting.
8.) Supersonic: Only allowed over open ocean due to sonic boom concerns.
9.) Cockpit:
Concorde: Analogue, outdated, lacks modern navigation technology.
A320: Cutting-edge short-range computerised cockpit technologies.
10.) Range (Low in regional airliners to keep weight down):
Concorde: 3,900nmi.
A320: 3,300nmi.
I know the A320 isn't regional either but, for the benefits of the range similarity and the large amount of available data, I chose to use it for comparison purposes.

[f0rkyspo0n]

Reasons Concorde is NOT a good regional airliner:

1.) Noise (Very noisy turbojets with afterburners for takeoff), banned from many airports at night for noise abatement reasons.
2.) Takeoff Run:
Concorde: 11,800ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
A320: 6,900ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
3.) Fuel Consumption (Longer route: lower impact from takeoff fuel consumption):
Concorde: 46.85lb/mi (standard mile) on Max Range (3900nmi (nautical mile ~=1.15 standard mile)) with 100 seats.
A320: 10.3lb/mi on 2151nmi with 150 seats.
4.) Crew:
Concorde: 2 Pilots + Flight Engineer.
A320: 2 Pilots.
5.) Passengers:
Concorde: 100 (All Economy High Density).
A320: 150 (2 Class), 180 (All Economy), 189 (All Economy High Density).
6.) Fuel Carriage: LOADS (It uses it to trim the aircraft because of the lack of a movable tail).
7.) Maintenance:
Concorde: Old-fashioned trial and error.
A320: Computer-aided troubleshooting.
8.) Supersonic: Only allowed over open ocean due to sonic boom concerns.
9.) Cockpit:
Concorde: Analogue, outdated, lacks modern navigation technology.
A320: Cutting-edge short-range computerised cockpit technologies.
10.) Range (Low in regional airliners to keep weight down):
Concorde: 3,900nmi.
A320: 3,300nmi.
I know the A320 isn't regional either but, for the benefits of the range similarity and the large amount of available data, I chose to use it for comparison purposes.

thanks for ruining my meme

[zelalemon]

Reasons Concorde is NOT a good regional airliner:

1.) Noise (Very noisy turbojets with afterburners for takeoff), banned from many airports at night for noise abatement reasons.
2.) Takeoff Run:
Concorde: 11,800ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
A320: 6,900ft at MTOW, SL, and ISA.
3.) Fuel Consumption (Longer route: lower impact from takeoff fuel consumption):
Concorde: 46.85lb/mi (standard mile) on Max Range (3900nmi (nautical mile ~=1.15 standard mile)) with 100 seats.
A320: 10.3lb/mi on 2151nmi with 150 seats.
4.) Crew:
Concorde: 2 Pilots + Flight Engineer.
A320: 2 Pilots.
5.) Passengers:
Concorde: 100 (All Economy High Density).
A320: 150 (2 Class), 180 (All Economy), 189 (All Economy High Density).
6.) Fuel Carriage: LOADS (It uses it to trim the aircraft because of the lack of a movable tail).
7.) Maintenance:
Concorde: Old-fashioned trial and error.
A320: Computer-aided troubleshooting.
8.) Supersonic: Only allowed over open ocean due to sonic boom concerns.
9.) Cockpit:
Concorde: Analogue, outdated, lacks modern navigation technology.
A320: Cutting-edge short-range computerised cockpit technologies.
10.) Range (Low in regional airliners to keep weight down):
Concorde: 3,900nmi.
A320: 3,300nmi.
I know the A320 isn't regional either but, for the benefits of the range similarity and the large amount of available data, I chose to use it for comparison purposes.

oh my god he was obviously joking

[compton]

well rip.

[PingPong]

oh my god he was obviously joking

I know but I love to post overly long replies to very poor meme attempts.

[NNR]

if you took this post seriously you're sad

[NNR]

anyway yeah zoom zoom concorde

[f0rkyspo0n]

Is this a joke post?

naw dood im legit concord is best regional

 

 

 

(of course it is but no one here is making it as funny as i thought)

[NNR]

naw dood im legit concord is best regional

 

 

 

(of course it is but no one here is making it as funny as i thought)

blame kids who pretend to be commercial pilots for that

[PingPong]

blame kids who pretend to be commercial pilots and have some form of autism for that

Or 15 year olds who clearly have issues with authority and want to be in charge for once, but can't grasp that they aren't so just bully other people online even though they literally couldn't in real life because they'd get beaten up.

[Infestation]

i think we can all agree the A380 is the best aircraft to spam on flights from places like Tokya Haneda to Tokyo Narita or Dallas Fort Worth to Dallas Love field. Or JFK to Newark or LaGuardia. This is my meme and dont ruin it lol

[Stevphfeniey]

i think we can all agree the A380 is the best aircraft to spam on flights from places like Tokya Haneda to Tokyo Narita or Dallas Fort Worth to Dallas Love field. Or JFK to Newark or LaGuardia. This is my meme and dont ruin it lol

There's not enough runway at DAL, LGA or HND (I think I'll have to check) for the A380

[Infestation]

There's not enough runway at DAL, LGA or HND (I think I'll have to check) for the A380

Take a joke...

[NNR]

Or 15 year olds who clearly have issues with authority and want to be in charge for once, but can't grasp that they aren't so just bully other people online even though they literally couldn't in real life because they'd get beaten up.

omg ur some hard loike

[Pasti]

I think by far a supersonic airliner is the worst idea ever.

 

What about hypersonic airliner?

 

[eastwind]

i want a model concorde to be forced up my tight little ass