Posted
on November 22, 2016
It's
apparently not enough to fly through the air like a bird, anymore.
These days,
On
this date in 1977, British Airways began service to New York City on
a supersonic jet with turbojet! “Supersonic” means “faster than
sound,” but in this case it means a jet that can travel over twice
the speed of sound!
The
Concorde was a project created by French and British companies, and
only Air France and British Airways purchased any of the airplanes.
These planes offered much greater speed than most, plus luxury –
but at a fairly large cost! The Concorde was pretty much for rich
people.
On
this date in 1988, the first B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was shared
with the world. A stealth bomber is even more inaccessible for us
average citizens, since it is a military vehicle designed to
penetrate defenses that would detect most aircraft.
How
does it do that?
The
stealth bomber uses multi-spectral camouflage to confuse radar. It
uses special anti-reflective paint so that it is hard to spot
visually. It uses technologies to dampen the sound that would
normally accompany a jet flying by, and it even has ways to confuse
infrared sensors!
Check
out this website about Concorde,
and then check out this movie about the stealth bomber.
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on this date:
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ahead:
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