Will supersonic air travel make a comeback? - BBC REEL

On 24th October 2003, Concorde made its final commercial passenger flight, traveling at twice the speed of sound from New York to London. Now, following an incredible absence of almost 20 years, there are signs that supersonic commercial flight could be on the verge of making its long awaited return.
However, with the aviation industry still reeling from a global pandemic and battling to survive in an ever-more climate-conscious world, Riyadh Khalaf investigates whether modern innovations could ever bring back supersonic air travel in a truly sustainable way.
Written, produced and presented by Riyadh Khalaf
Commissioned and edited by Dan John
Animation by Pomona Pictures
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[@RiyadhK]

If you enjoyed the film please comment and let us know which other areas of aviation you'd like us to explore on 'Winging It!'

[@BadBoy-ie6ic]

Avro Arrow

[@CollectiveWesterner]

Antonov AN 225

[@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290]

Boeing C17

[@jayreiter268]

BULLSHIT

[@kieronroe3918]

Living for this content! Would love something about the gorgeous 747 and also why the A380 is already being given up on?! Madness!

[@RiyadhK]

Thanks for these ideas!

[@FiniProductions]

Great video. Would love to see more!

[@fra93ilgrande]

Brace yourselves, Concorde 2.0 is coming 😍❤️🔝 ❤2029❤

[@arpisz4983]

The infamous Concord crash, was not because of debris on the runway. The engine which caught fire was repaired and mounted back onto the plane just before the fatal take off. The parties involved are withholding this information because admitting it would lead to someone's fault, while the debris theory points to an accident, so that no-one is at fault.

[@nandanm3826]

Thank you for sharing.

[@malik250988]

Good to see Riyadh!

[@RiyadhK]

Thanks for watching!

[@Susied89]

Educational and entertaining. Great watch!

[@RiyadhK]

Thank you!

[@abhilekhR1]

After my birth in 80' Concorde flight we seen less in Asia...I never got a change or seen Concorde flight...

[@steveoconnor5731]

10/10 for looking convincingly at that screen like yer man was actually on it. 👍🏼

[@joekauffman9690]

I would love to see it happen in future

[@fra93ilgrande]

Son of Concorde is coming 2029 ❤

[@joekauffman9690]

@@fra93ilgrande I know which is great

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

We didn't mind the sonic boom back in the day from military jets

[@1life_Only]

It’s about time 🎉

[@TheVirtualAirlinePilot]

The Real Reason Concorde had to retire was because of the French Government and Airbus actions after the Air France Concorde crash. Key parts of the wreckage are currently locked away in a vault in Paris and Airbus (formerly Aerospatial, the co-operators of the aircraft - it was a joint British/French project) would not allow AAIB Investigators to examine the wreckage and so hampered any British involvement in the investigation into the accident. Not long after BA spent millions fitting Kevlar casings to the engines to prevent debris getting into the engine bays, Concorde managed a few flights before the French decided to ultimately revoked Concorde's TYPE CERTIFICATE which they in fact held. Unfortunately this action meant that any surviving Concorde aircraft, could no longer receive a CERTIFICATE of AIRWORTHINESS and so could no longer operate on any flight basis. One reason why Richard Branson, who had hoped to buy a Concorde for use with Virgin in some form, could not achieve it. A real pity that a Government and Organisation who so valiantly co-operated on such a momentus project, ultimately let down it's partner massively when the crunch came ! However, this does not preclude the development of a NEW Supersonic jet, which many would welcome.

[@pmcate2]

This SAF thing sounds way too good to be true

[@superdiomond2138]

Youre right. SAF is both ENORMOUSLY energy-intensive and even planes flying with 100% SAF made from renewable energies still heat up the planet quite a significant amount due to contrails (a reduction in CO2 of only about 70% per km is achievable this way). Even with hydrogen airplanes only a reduction of about 90% is possible. There is currently no technology on the horizon to make flying entirely Carbon-free. As sad as this may sound, if we want to stop climate change, we have to stop flying.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

It's like 20 times the cost of Jet A.

[@icekitty400]

Why are the BBC making lots of KZbin channels all of a sudden. Has it got anything to do with the TV licence ending?

[@darbyohara]

Jesus takeoff to Mach 2 in 15 mins!?

[@sanjayeasycutz7195]

Nyz Video 💖🥰

[@WiseGuy02]

Overture is faster than regular jets, but its still not as fast as Concord.

[@julianaponte827]

ill take a flight with him

[@w.d.g.]

cool

[@user-lp5wb2rb3v]

Mach 1.4-1.6 aka 1000mph would be a game changer, sure it wouldn't be concorde fast, but if it balances costs and fuel efficiency then it would be a great buisness model. Private aviation should be an order of magnitude cheaper, or an order of magnitude faster. I still can't believe a LON to JFK costed $10k for sub 3 hours but now you pay 3x for 3x the time, its frankly silly. Once mach 1.5 becomes the norm for upper-class then investment in higher mach can begin. Also I hope smaller airliners would start doing supersonic too.

[@abhilekhR1]

Can we travel again now in 2022

[@sexydirrtymoney]

Try all the planes for BBC Reel 🤭

[@abhilekhR1]

Plane retired resume in museum as status that human once travel made this Marvel machine...

[@philmatthews3537]

15.02 is the new 15.00

[@RiyadhK]

lol

[@scottwilson6467]

Im probably tripping here but i swear i saw this guy on a nose job vlog video somewhere lol ....

[@darbyohara]

Such a sad step back in the wrong direction for really no reason. It’s 2024 and there’s absolutely no reason all transatlantic trips can’t be done in

[@bobbobsin3202]

Vac train could do trip in like 20 minutes 😂

[@antonyprodromis60]

Can we have a different presenter next time please 😊

[@user-rg4bl9wb7m]

イギリスの人間は絶対に行かない安心してよ　バーカ。。＊ そんな所　行く事も無いし　安心してる

[@stefannikola]

Isn't it "mach" and not "mac?"

[@exoticcar5482]

Yes

[@richardthomas1566]

I’m not impressed Hey let’s save the fancy stuff for later How bout 4 inches more of leg room and quit throttling back existing planes so the airline can save fuel and increase profits. First things First

[@saumitrachakravarty]

If something is too good to be true, it probably is. This saying has been shown to apply consistently in every case of technological solutions to the climate change which claim to bypass the political economic issue underlying it all.

[@superdiomond2138]

This could have been at least a little more critical. With about 99.99% certainty, Boom Overture will never exist or fly. How do I get to that conclusion? Just look at the economics: A new subsonic airplane cost about 20 billion dollars to create, test and certify these days and you can easily double that for a supersonic plane due to the added challenges. This is the kind of money that only Airbus and Boeing have these days (at least in civil aviation) and Boom supersonic does not even have 1 billion dollars at their disposal. If that did not convince, then just ask yourself: Is it really useful to build a plane that consumes MORE energy and fuel per passenger in times of climate change? A plane that blasts CO2 even higher up into the atmosphere where it stays for even longer?

[@scottwilson6467]

May i ask why you`re not 100% certain?

[@superdiomond2138]

@@scottwilson6467 You know, there is always a chance something crazy happens. However, that chance is tiny for the above-mentioned reasons. But excluding that chance I could have written 100%, if you like.

[@williamtell5365]

Our environment really doesn't need problems like this right now. Nobody needs to fly supersonic, sorry. It's an enormous waste, it creates terrible noise pollution, it's a bad idea.

[@nickenglish1049]

Concord is back baby and there more full Efficient and there more save because the Technology In the cockpit is more Advanced and more environmentally friendly because it’s made from steal that comes from national Cole and it’s carbon Neutral so it’s very very safe about the engines on the brand new Boeing concords are more safe and more full Efficient and the the concord delta wings are more spread out and the concord Engines are at the in the middle of the delta wings instead the back of the concords the old concord the Engines where in the back of the delta wings and the new concord nose dose not have Elevated Rotator point at the front on the airplane so it’s more safe and the concords down fall was the rotator point

[@nickenglish1049]

So climate change Alarmist stop your Complaining

[@Beorninki]

I love airplanes BUT if you want to see world flying is most stupid way to travel. The planet is not infinite, even if airplanes are "environmentally friendly" (which they never are) there can be no limitless growth. Tourism in itself is already placing an unreasonable burden on the environment. Person has no divine or self-evident right to fly on vacation every year, if you can’t travel every ten years and then make a longer trip, you have no real reason to travel anywhere.

[@metricstormtrooper]

What an annoying presenter.

[@darbyohara]

Very fruity

[@lotfibouhedjeur]

Really, all the way back to da Vinci? I hate these stupid intros.

[@princesskenny7222]

The guy is cringe, I expect better from BBC.

[@darbyohara]

Very

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