re: Would you fly on a supersonic plane? Supersonic travel making a comeback...

Supercruise is old hat for commercial airliners--Concorde did it at M2.02 without reheat (the Tu-144 needed afterburners all the time because its engines were much less efficient).

It was only with the F-22 that "supercruise" really seemed like a new thing. It wasn't, it was just new for American fighter jets.

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777Tiger
Would you fly on a supersonic plane? Supersonic travel making a comeback... quote: What Mach do you cruise the 777 and at MTOW standard day what will she climb to. .84-.85 is pretty standard, the -200 can leave the gate at 750K, the -300, at 777K, both need to burn 2k before takeoff ETA: 430 is the max for certification, but the computer figures out the most efficient altitude

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Nice! We run about the same Mach .82-.85 usually the latter number and at ISA can usually go to 430 or burn off 5000 lbs then go to 450 on international run constant .82 and usually never higher than 430 over the tracks.

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usually never higher than 430 over the tracks.

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aren't the tracks 290-410?
anyhow, sounds like a sweet whip, what are you flying?

ETA: another cool thing about the 777, is that, it's EOW is about what the MGTOW for a 767-300 is, and for about another 2k per side, you're basically carrying its weight, awesome airplane

777Tiger

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sweet, I've got a friend that took an early retirement a few years ago, thought he was going to get familiar with his bass boat, got tracked down by another guy that left early, and got recruited to fly a G-650, from what he's told me about it, i

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The G650 is incredible, I actually did a walk through inspection on one last week for a buddy who got stuck in Russia. It weighs in a shade under 100k so unlike the BBJ it can go into Teterboro and other airports with weight limits. It's significantly wider than the other Gulfstreams and very efficient. The type rating is 92k which is also significantly more than other Gulfstreams as well. The machine I am so glad to have been able to fly is the GIII, literally climbs 4000 ft a minute or more into the high thirties, then 3000 ft to 450 and you start pulling the throttles back because .87 is coming fast. I flew both the stage. II and III versions, on most trips you had two altitudes 430 and 450. They're going away quickly. I handled purchase for one in 2007 for 8.5 mill and sold it last year for 400k painful. And it was a stage III go anywhere in the world airplane. Others most just scrap out.

Not only yes, but frick yes. That would be awesome, and if I went down, I'd be doing something I'd love doing, so so what?

I didnt know we had any pilots on the board, Who do you fly the triple for? Im with expressjet on the ERJ and I love when we deadhead on the 777, I used to get one between IAH-EWR every now and then but it seems like most of the hub to hub stuff is bus and 73/75 nowadays.