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Supersonic jet to have windowless cabin

spikeaerospace.com

6 points by purge 12 years ago · 3 comments

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byoung2 12 years ago

When plasma screens first came out 10 years ago, I had a similar idea for a restaurant. Instead of buying or renting an expensive location with a great view, you could rent a cheaper place and put HD flat screens edge to edge on all the walls. Then you could have a different scene every day, adding ambiance on a budget. Now that thin and even flexible screens are common and cheap, has anyone done this?

blueskin_ 12 years ago

Amazing.

I have wondered about why planes have windows before - sure, it's nice to look out on takeoff and landing, but I'd rather have a cheaper flight that's otherwise the same but without windows.

PhantomGremlin 12 years ago

Another way for the top 0.01% of the top 1% to spend their money. Wikipedia claims 12 to 18 passengers, target cost of $60 to $80 million.

Wiki also claims: "If produced, it would allow long flights for business and private travelers, such as from New York City to London, to take only three to four hours instead of six to seven."

All that expense just so the mega-rich can save 3 hours traveling from NYC to London. They wouldn't want to be caught dead in a Gulfstream G650, which fast cruises at a mere Mach 0.90.

Nothing to see here for most people. And, IMO, it shouldn't be an "aspirational" goal for anyone. This is an obscene waste of resources and is nothing more than willy-waving for oligarchs and sociopaths.

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