Ear‐to‐ground

Abstract

Speaking at the recent Annual General Meeting of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists, Dr J. F. Dempsey, B.Comm., LL.D., A.C.A., Director and General Manager of Aer Lingus, in an address entitled ‘The Air Transport Scene’ had the following comments to make on supersonic travel: ‘We have sufficient confidence in the technologists of the great aircraft manufacturing industry to know that supersonic flight is achievable to a high standard of safety and regularity within ten years. What is not clear is whether it can be achieved economically. It is for this reason that many of us, who are primarily concerned with the commercial and sociological aspects of our (airline) industry, are seeking greater assurance since it is possible, however attractive supersonic flight may be from a purely technical point of view, that it has little to offer us in meeting our objective of providing safe and economical transport. We do not say that this advance should not be made. We say only that before it is made we must be clear as to the advantages we can get from it.

Citation

(1965), "Ear‐to‐ground", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 35-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033978