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Remember the iconic Concorde Supersonic Jet? The one that could fly faster than any other commercial airliner? Unfortunately, despite its fame and luxurious appeal, the company faced various challenges, ultimately leading to its demise. The cost of flying Concorde was exorbitant, with the price of fuel being a significant hurdle. The aircraft guzzled an astonishing 6,771 gallons per journey! Additionally, due to the powerful shockwave it created, the jet could only fly supersonic over the ocean, causing numerous noise complaints from cities and making it impractical for heavily populated areas. Unfortunately, such a groundbreaking invention couldn't sustain its success in the long run. Still, business sustainability requires more than just one pioneering idea. InspireIP can help you ensure you maintain your culture of innovation. #BusinessFails #CultureOfInnovation #InspireIP https://lnkd.in/gRCMPX3H

Remember the iconic Concorde Supersonic Jet? The one that could fly faster than any other commercial airliner? Unfortunately, despite its fame and luxurious appeal, the company faced various challenges, ultimately leading to its demise. The cost of flying Concorde was exorbitant, with the price of fuel being a significant hurdle. The aircraft guzzled an astonishing 6,771 gallons per journey! Additionally, due to the powerful shockwave it created, the jet could only fly supersonic over the ocean, causing numerous noise complaints from cities and making it impractical for heavily populated areas. Unfortunately, such a groundbreaking invention couldn't sustain its success in the long run. Still, business sustainability requires more than just one pioneering idea. InspireIP can help you ensure you maintain your culture of innovation. #BusinessFails #CultureOfInnovation #InspireIP https://lnkd.in/gnZdSDhs

Our Innovation Hub is gearing up for a 🚀 #HAO higher airspace operations simulation with the Italian CAA! 🇮🇹 👉 A real-time simulation project for #HAO and commercial suborbital flights in Italian airspace kicked off last week at #EIH the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub as part of a special agreement between ENAC - Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (the Italian CAA) and EUROCONTROL. The project team, composed of ENAC representatives led by Giovanni Di Antonio, FRAeS, Director of Technological Innovation, alongside personnel from ENAV (the Italian #ANSP air navigation service provider) and Aeronautica Militare (the Italian Air Force), met to define the operational scope of the simulation. 🚀 The simulation aims to explore the accommodation of suborbital transport operations in Italian airspace, including the future Grottaglie Spaceport. It is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025, and will be performed in close cooperation with the SESAR 3 ECHO 2 project and the EUROCONTROL #NM Network Manager's iNEO strategic project. The collaboration 🤝 between ENAC, ENAV, Aeronautica Militare and EUROCONTROL represents a concrete commitment to enabling new modes of aerospace transportation in Italy. The project will leverage the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub's simulation platforms, aligning with our strategic objective to first accommodate & then integrate new entrants into airspace. 👉 More info: Stefano Tiberia

Another great day at #EBACE! There's a lot of interest in the #IBGAA International Business Aviation Conference which takes place on the 14th of November in the The K Club #Ireland See www.ibgaa.com for information. #businessaviation #airtravel #helicopter #Bizav #aircraft #Aviation #aviationindustry #aviationnews

If you were asking why and how the winged seahorse is linked with Air France, you can watch it below.

Power...... The Rolls-Royce (Bristol Siddeley) Snecma, Olympus 593 engine. Four fitted to the Anglo-French Concorde. Each engine produces over 38,000lbs of thrust with re-heat on take-off, accelerating Concorde at an average fully loaded weight of 182 tonnes to a rotation speed of 250mph in around 40 seconds. Yet during the supercruse at Mach Two, around 1350mph the engines are only providing around 35% of the thrust, the remaining thrust is down to the very clever intake system, which slows down the air entering by 1000mph in just 11 feet. Quite remarkable and way ahead of its time. From the future Operated in the past...... Rolls-Royce British Airways Air France Airbus BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION TRUST Aerospace Bristol Musée aeroscopia Intrepid Museum The Museum of Flight Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. Brooklands Museum

Honeywell Primus Epic, a verymuch versatile Avionic suit. The EASy flight deck developed in joint venture with Dassault Aviation is simply incredible

A350 XWB soaring the sky, powered by the magnificent Trent XWB

Great overview of NBAA's AAM panel by Dawn Zoldi. Of note for those interested in AAM is the diverse estimates for normalization of operations in the US and worldwide. While there seems to be momentum developing towards an accelerated certification process, it will be interesting to see how actual deployment timelines match up with projected ones. What about AAM and its future are most interesting to you?

Great overview of this AAM panel at NBAA by Dawn Zoldi for those of us unable to attend. Most interesting item for me is the diverse estimates for normalization of AAM operations in the US and worldwide. While there seems to be more momentum developing towards accelerating the certification process, it will be interesting to see how actual deployment timelines match up with projected ones.