Honolulu a Sydney Nonstop - i nā HāhāʻEhā

Pehea e lele ai i ka "Kangaroo Route" nonstop ma kahi kokoke i ka manawa

ʻOiai e ola mau ana nā mokulele i kēia mau lā,ʻo ka leleʻana i ka kapa "Kangaroo Route" ma waena o Lādana a me Sydney nonstop ua hōʻoiaʻiʻoʻia no kaʻoihana o nā mokulele, mai ka uku kūpono a me ka mea hōʻoluʻolu o ka mea kūʻai.

ʻO ka mua,ʻo ka holoʻana i nā mile he 10,573 ma waena o Lādana a me Sydney, kahi kokoke i 20 mau hola i ka lewa ma nā mokumahu o nā mokulele o kēia manawa, he manawaʻinoʻole e hoʻolimalima ai i loko o ka paopao hoʻokomo,ʻoiai ināʻoluʻoluʻoe i ka hoʻopunipuni. -e waiho i kahi noho mua.

ʻO ka lua,ʻo ka waiwai hoʻolālā o nā mea lōʻihi eʻike nuiʻia ana,ʻo ia ke kumu no ka lōʻihi loa o nā mea lōʻihi loa -ʻo ka moku o Singapore Airlines no ke ala houʻo Singapore-Newark (ʻoiai ua hoʻolahaʻia e ka'ahamele e hoʻihoʻi i kēlā ala i kekahi mau point).

Ma muli o kēia, ua manaʻo kekahi mau mea āpau a me nā mea kūʻai kālepaʻaʻoleʻo London-Sydney nonstop wale nō i lilo i alanui kūpono - manaʻo lākou e hiki ke holo i loko oʻehā mau hora, aiʻole ma lalo iho!

ʻO ka nohoaliʻi ma Concorde?

Inā loaʻa iāʻoe kekahi aptitude hōʻuluʻulu i kēlā me kēia,ʻo kaʻoluʻolu kūpono i ka pilikia o ka wā mahuka o London-Sydney,ʻo ia ka hoʻonui pinepine i ka ikaika. E like me ka'ōlelo, nā mea nāna i hana Concorde i ka wā pōkole, i ka wā i hoʻohana ai lākou i ka mokulele e lele i kahi 1,200 mile i kēlā me kēia hora,ʻoi aku kaʻoi aku oʻelua manawa i ka holo wikiwiki o nā mokulele kalepa.

E pili ana i kēia palapala,ʻo nā hui e like me Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin, a me NASA hoʻi e hakakā nei e ho'āʻo a kūkulu i kahi keikiʻo Concorde, "ʻo ia wale nō ka mea iʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kona makuakāne, i ke kani o 2,500 mile i kēlā me kēia hola - aʻoi paha wikiwiki.

ʻO ka Probleerson PRESS

ʻO ka pilikia me Concorde, no ka mea,ʻaʻole ia he mea nui e ukuʻia ai nā mea kūʻai i ka uku a iʻole kahi kūlana (kahi kiʻekiʻe loa) Concorde i hanaʻia i ka 2000 ma ka'aekele o Charles de Gaulle. Akā,ʻo ke ākea nui e hoʻokūkū i ka mokuleleʻoihana ... he maikaʻi, ka pāpā kani, a me ka "sonic boom" ke kuhiʻia ka mokumoku i ka wā e wāwahiʻia ai.

No nā moku holo i kaʻoihana ma luna o ka wai (e like me New York i Lādana a me Paris,ʻo ia ka berena a Concorde a me ka waiūpaka),ʻaʻole ia he hopena. Akā, mai Lādana i Sydena (aʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he nui nā mokulele ultra-longhaul o ka honua) e pono e hele ma nā mea'āina, nā'āpana i heluʻia ma luna nei he mea hōʻeuʻeu e loaʻa ai kahi ala e hoʻemi aiʻole e holoi i ka hopena o nā mele sonic ka honua honua.

ʻO Richard Branson Solution

ʻAʻohe mea hoʻohālikelike, ua hāʻawiʻia e kahi mega-kālepa a me nā mea hihiʻe a puniʻo Richard Branson. A ma keʻano likeʻole i keʻano, maikaʻi kona hopena i ka heluhelu muaʻana.

ʻO Branson eʻike ana e lele anaʻo London-Sydney (a me nā alaʻoi akuʻoi aku lōʻihi)ʻaʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mokuleleʻoihana, akā e hoʻohana i ka Virgin Galactic "spacellane" e hele nei i ka honua, ma mua o ka lewa. ʻO ka hanaʻana pēlā,ʻaʻole ka mea e hiki ai i ka mokulele ke hoʻoulu i nā wai e like me ka hawanawanaʻana i ke kahaʻole (Branson eʻike iā London-Sydney e lawe iʻekolu mau hora aiʻole ka liʻiliʻi), akāʻaʻole paha he hopena ma ka'āina e like me nā mea i kēia manawa lele.

I kēia manawa,ʻo ka poʻe malihini ma waena o Lākana me Sydney e pono e "hopuki" e like me kahi kangaroo, a me ka holo ma ke ala i Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, aiʻole Abu Dhabi, e kapa i kekahi mau hana.