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dipsydoodle

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2. Back in the late seventies / early eighties

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 05:59 PM

Nov 2012

two of my friends were captains with New Zealand Airlines and they predicted this then even to the extent that short hauls would need to fly in the opppsite direction around the earth.

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Reaction Engines Breakthrough Could Mean Four Hour Flights To Anywhere In The World [View all] bananas Nov 2012 OP

The Biggest Breakthrough in Propulsion Since the Jet Engine bananas Nov 2012 #1

Back in the late seventies / early eighties dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #2

Sabre SCVDem Nov 2012 #3

Nice, but it is mostly a press release Kelvin Mace Nov 2012 #4

Party pooper. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #8

The necessary materials were developed during the X-15 and similar projects. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2012 #14

That, and it's decendents are extremely high risk airframes. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #16

Yeah, I know I'm a buzzkill Kelvin Mace Nov 2012 #19

Wanna bet this will be weaponized sad but inevitable. gordianot Nov 2012 #5

May I remind you of Niven's Law: a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #15

How clean is it? tinrobot Nov 2012 #6

If you're US I'll ignore that remark dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #7

If by that you mean H/LOX, technically true AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #9

At least 4 or 5 times a year I read of these awesome developments AAO Nov 2012 #10

Nope, I'm right there with you. Remember Stoern? nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #11

The Steorn saga continues Bosonic Nov 2012 #13

LOL AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #17

From solar, to microchips to other exotic technology SariesNightly Nov 2012 #12

AND with the development of a DiverDave Nov 2012 #18