Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler
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In 1996, a British Airways plane flew from New York to London in a record-breaking two hours and fifty-three minutes. Today, however, passengers flying the same route can expect to spend no less than six hours in the air — twice as long. So why, in a world where everything seems to be getting faster, have commercial flights lagged behind? Alex Gendler details the problems facing supersonic flight.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Alex Gendler
- Director Michael Kalopaidis, Alexia Roider
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Jeanne Bornet
- Animator Maria Savva
- Art Director Jeanne Bornet
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Producer Zedem Media, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
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supersonic airplanes
I feel that airplanes should be banned because they cause a lot of havoc and are very noisy.
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Татьяна Логинова
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I think it's the easiest way to ban it. Human thought does not stand still, it is constantly evolving. I think that today's return to hydrocarbon fuel will give a great impetus to the search and development of new, alternative, and most importantly, cheap fuels, and this will lead to a reduction in the cost of flights
Yoha Pulido
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I agree with you, they're very noisy, I´ll hope technology continues to advance and make them quieter.