Ever since British Airways retired the Concorde in 2003, the commercial airline industry has only operated at sub-sonic speeds. Travelers have endured trans-oceanic flights lasting several hours longer than those in a plane capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound (768mph at sea level). And while the demand for faster commercial aircraft seems [...]
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1 Comment »There’s been a lot of discussion recently relating to the deployment of regional American high speed rail systems. The president, via the Recovery Act, has committed an initial $8 billion to the program through which several potential high speed rail corridors have been identified. And while the thought of “bullet” trains blazing across [...]
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