alt Hacker NewsHe used 24 hour LA to Dubai as an example?
Why would you pick a 3 hour flight?
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pixelesque • last Tuesday at 7:22 PM
LA to Dubai is just over 16 hours flight time, so either way, he's not comparing realistic flight times anyway.
He used 24 hour LA to Dubai as an example?
Why would you pick a 3 hour flight?
LA to Dubai is just over 16 hours flight time, so either way, he's not comparing realistic flight times anyway.
1. The in-flight time from LA to Dubai is not 24 hours. A direct flight between the two cities is more like 15. If he was on a "24 hour flight", it was a flight with a stopover, which just goes to show the point about air travel time being bloated by non-flight time.
2. Concorde rather infamously could barely make the transatlantic trip from New York to London, because supersonic flight is expensive. Boom's currently nonexistent aircraft is planned to have about the same range. Neither could make the flight from LA to Dubai, which is a distance close to double their maximum ranges.