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The grounding of Concorde in 2003 signalled the end of commercial supersonic flights, but that may be set to change. A number of engineering and aviation firms have recently released proposals for the development of supersonic aircraft. Among them, Spike Aerospace hopes to have a Mach 1.6-1.8 supersonic jet in the air in 2018; the 12-18 seater private jet-style aircraft would fly from London to New York in less than four hours.
The Boston-based company has now released the first renderings of the jet’s “revolutionary” fuselage, which is completely devoid of windows. For the engineers, the removal of windows will facilitate passenger relaxation and reduce in-flight exertion by ensuring “no more glaring sun and no more shades to pull down or push up”. More pertinently, the absence of windows will reduce the weight of the aircraft — the insertion of windows requires additional structural supports and parts — and will lessen drag, thus diminishing travel times and fuel costs.
In place of windows, the jet’s interior walls will be covered in thin display screens. Cameras on the exterior of the aircraft will be able to transmit footage of the surrounding panoramas. Alternatively the screens can be used to show films or preloaded slideshows of calming images, or to display spreadsheets and work documents for meetings for work meetings in the air.
For the designers at Spike Aerospace, the removal of windows from the passenger cabin — conventional windows will remain in the cockpit — will also serve to save passengers from the monotony of traditional aerial vistas: “Most of the time while flying, you can’t see much anyway. At night you are lucky to see a few stars, perhaps the moon and the wing light. When flying over the ocean, all you see is a blue ocean extending to the horizon.”
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Don’t ever join the military bub, they don’t care if you like windows in your airplanes.
They don’t even care if you want insulation from the cold in your airplanes.
If the lights go out and it gets too dark, just go to sleep.
Arrive refreshed, and envied by the plebs who have to fly slow coach.