SciShow: Why Aren't Commercial Jets Getting Faster?

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Content of the Lesson: Airplanes are one of the quickest ways to get anywhere, but commercial jets haven't gotten much fast since the 1950's. Why is that? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://web.mit.edu/2.972/www/reports/airfoil/airfoil.html https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/bernnew.html https://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/physics/physics/bernoullis-principle https://history.nasa.gov/SP-367/f86.htm https://practicalaero.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/NASA-SP-367.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1JAvn2lYcAObNzEMoe-gMG9Wlu-Dwn3KfXogJ0dY9uEXGmgr4dREv7Atc https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/comets-tale-63573615/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/history-of-flight/The-jet-enters-the-civilian-world#ref943816 https://www.britannica.com/technology/Boeing-707 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/anatomy-concorde.html https://designmuseum.org/design/concorde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGefMLHJBKA https://www.popsci.com/concorde-anniversary-future-of-supersonic-flight/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/supersonic-airplanes-concorde/396698/ https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/my-ride-on-the-concorde-6783087/ https://westegg.com/inflation/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-x-59-quiet-supersonic-research-aircraft-cleared-for-final-assembly https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/how-does-a-jet-engine-work/ https://theicct.org/publications/fuel-efficiency-trends-new-commercial-jet-aircraft-1960-2014 https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html https://www.space.com/16709-breaking-the-sound-barrier.html https://www.fighter-planes.com/jetmach1.htm


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