Yadda za a tashi da "Kangaroo Route" ba tare da ɓoye ba a kusa da wani lokaci
Ko da yake akwai fasahar jiragen sama a yau, har yanzu akwai hanyar da ake kira "Kangaroo Route" tsakanin London da Sydney ba tare da kariya ba ga kamfanonin jiragen sama, daga samun riba da kwarewar abokin ciniki.
Da farko, tafiya cikin 10,573 kilomita mil tsakanin London da Sydney yana buƙatar kusan sa'o'i 20 a cikin iska a halin yanzu jirgin ruwa na hawan jirgi, wani lokaci marar lahani na yin amfani da shi a cikin ƙaramin tube, ko da idan kuna da farin ciki don yin karya -flat farko zama wurin zama.
Abu na biyu shine, tattalin arzikin man fetur na hanyoyi masu tsawo suna da talauci maras kyau, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa mafi yawancin ba su dadewa ba - wani abin da ya faru a kwanan baya shi ne Singapore Airlines ba tare da wata hanya ta Singapore-Newark ba (ko da yake kamfanin jirgin sama ya sanar da shi yana nufin kawo wannan hanyar zuwa wasu aya).
Duk da haka, yawancin 'yan kasuwa da' yan kasuwa masu jiragen sama sun yi imani ba kawai cewa London-Sydney ba wanda zai iya zama hanya mai kyau - sun yarda za a iya tafiya a cikin sa'o'i hudu, ko ma kasa!
Wanda ya yi nasara a Concorde?
Idan kana da kwarewar ilmin lissafi, duk abin da za a iya magance matsalolin jirgin sama na London-Sydney shine ƙara yawan sauri. Kamar, ka ce, masu kirkirar jiragen sama na Concorde sun yi, lokacin da suka yi amfani da jirgin sama da ke iya hawa a kilomita 1,200 a kowace awa, fiye da sau biyu da sauri kowane jirgi na kasuwanci.
Bisa ga wannan rubutun, kamfanoni irin su Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin da NASA suna cikin gasa don gwadawa da kuma gina 'dan Concord' ', wannan dan zai zama mai adalci fiye da mahaifinsa, har zuwa 2,500 mil a kowace awa - ko watakila ma sauri.
Matsalar Supersonic
Matsala tare da Concorde, ba shakka, ba haka ba ne farashin farashin da ake buƙata don biya ko alamar (amma babban haɗari) Concorde wanda ya faru a shekara ta 2000 a filin saukar jiragen sama na Charles de Gaulle. Maimakon haka, babban kariya ga babban jirgin sama mai mahimmanci shine ... da kyau, shinge mai sauti, da "sautin motsa jiki" jirgi yayi halitta lokacin da ya rushe shi.
Domin jiragen da suke tafiya mafi yawa a ruwa (kamar New York zuwa London da Paris, wanda shine gurasar Concorde da man shanu), wannan ba batun ba ne. Amma tun daga London zuwa Sydney (kuma, tabbas, yawancin jiragen saman lasisi na ultra-longhaul) suna buƙatar tafiya a kan ƙasa, manyan jam'iyyun da aka lissafa a sama suna da lalacewa don gano hanyar da za ta rage ko ma shafe sakamako na sonic booms a kan sararin duniya.
Dokar Richard Branson
Ba abin mamaki bane, mai ba da shawara na kamfanin mega-da-da-wane da kuma mai hangen nesa Richard Branson ya ba da shawara. Kuma a cikin maɗaukakiyar hanzari, maganganunsa sun zama alamu ne a kan fara karantawa.
Branson yana kallon tashi a London-Sydney (da kuma sauran hanyoyi masu yawa) ba ta yin amfani da jirgin sama mai mahimmanci ba, amma ta amfani da Virgin Galactic "launi" wanda ke tafiya cikin sarari, maimakon ta yanayi. Yin hakan ba kawai zai taimaka wa jirgin sama don yaduwa da sauri ba kamar yadda yake magana a cikin nauyi (Branson yana ganin London-Sydney yana shan sa'o'i uku ko ma kasa), amma kuma ba zai taba tasiri a yanayin ba idan aka kwatanta da zamani yawo.
A yanzu, duk da haka, masu tafiya a tsakanin London da Sydney zasu bukaci su "kama" kamar kangaroo, tare da dakatar da hanyoyi a Hongkong, Singapore, Dubai ko Abu Dhabi, don sunaye wasu ayyukan.