7 hours agoViral XComments Off on Near-supersonic jet that can fly London-New York at speeds ‘not seen since Concorde’ unveiled with luxury living spaces
A NEW near-supersonic jet with luxury living spaces, a full kitchen and a shower room is set to take flight this year.
Jet maker Bombardier has unveiled its new Global 8000 private jet which will blast high-flying passengers through the sky at Mach 0.94 – or 715mph (1,152kmh).
bombardierThere will be capacity for 19 passengers onboard, who can stretch their legs out across four living spaces, two bathrooms and a crew rest area[/caption]
bombardierThe jet will be able to take off from shorter runways at more remote airports, thanks to its Smooth Flex Wing design, according to Bombardier[/caption]
bombardierThe Canadian company says the jet will go into service in the second half of 2025[/caption]
bombardierIt’s a far cry from the squished economy seats on a standard commercial carrier[/caption]
It will be the fastest civil jet in the world – surpassing the record-holding Cessna Citation X+ that tops speeds of Mach 0.935.
“You can go from New York to London at speeds that haven’t been experienced by a civilian since the days of Concorde,” Stephen McCullough, Bombardier’s senior vice-president of engineering and product development, told the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
While it won’t match the speeds of the long-retired Anglo-French jet, no civil plane has flown faster since the Concorde.
The Concorde flew at Mach 2.04 – more than double the speed of Bombardier’s Global 8000.
During test flights in 2021, the Global 8000 broke the speed of sound – reaching a maximum speed of Mach 1.015.
However, once it’s in service, the private jet will fly no faster than Mach 0.94.
The Canadian company says the jet will go into service in the second half of 2025.
There will be capacity for 19 passengers onboard, who can stretch their legs out across four living spaces, two bathrooms and a crew rest area.
Its ‘principal suite’ boasts a full-sized bed, large wardrobe, six ultra-large windows and a 32-inch HD TV.
It’s a far cry from the squished economy seats on a standard commercial carrier.
Emmanuel Bornand, Bombardier’s vice-president of international sales, told SCMP that “the Global 8000 was designed with a mindset of delivering our clients the ultimate, no-compromise aircraft.”
The jet will be able to take off from shorter runways at more remote airports, thanks to its Smooth Flex Wing design, according to Bombardier.
The company claims the Global 8000 will be able to fly to as many as 2,000 more airports than its closest competitor.
This can save passengers time, and also allow them to go to quieter destinations.
Bornand added: “There was a time in aviation when you had to make trade-offs – choosing between using smaller, more convenient airports, speed and range, or a more pleasant cabin experience versus faster flights on more turbulent wings.
“In the case of the Global 8000, you get it all. Bringing the best range, speed and ability to go to smaller airports with a four-zone cabin makes this aircraft unique.”
BombardierThe company claims the Global 8000 will be able to fly to as many as 2,000 more airports than its closest competitor[/caption]
Why did the Concorde fail?
CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate luxury in air travel.
The plane had its first commercial flight on January 21, 1976, and was retired after 27 years of service and 50,000 flights.
Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde.
Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance costs.
By the early noughties, the planes were outdated and expensive to run, despite being incredibly advanced when they were first introduced almost three decades previously.
The 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001 majorly impacted passenger numbers, as people opted not to fly.
7 hours agoViral XComments Off on I apologised to Olympic boxing hero’s mum after David Beckham mistakenly said she’d died live on TV, reveals Gabby Logan
GABBY LOGAN has opened up on a disastrous on-air blunder – that led to David Beckham claiming a boxer’s wife and sister had died in a car crash.
The BBC presenter was joined by Golden Balls to review the final day of competition at the 2012 London Olympics.
GettyGabby Logan has opened up on an on-air blunder from football legend David Beckham[/caption]
GettyThe ex-England star joined Logan for a BBC recording at London 2012[/caption]
PA:Press AssociationCrossed wires meant Becks claimed boxer Luke Campbell’s mum and sister had previously died in a car crash[/caption]
Beckham had been a brand ambassador for the Games, with Team GB racking up record medal hauls.
But information he was told by Logan before the recording about boxer Luke Campbell’s family turned out to be wildly inaccurate.
7 hours agoViral XComments Off on US & Israel planning to unleash HUGE Iran blitz to destroy Ayatollah’s chilling nuke strength in ‘long overdue’ attack
IRAN’S nuclear programme should have been dealt with “a long time ago”, a senior Israeli political source has warned.
But insiders in Jerusalem say the US and Israel are now preparing to unleash a strike on Iran to finally destroy the threat of its nuke capabilities.
EPASenior Israeli diplomatic sources say Iran is closer than ever to developing nukes[/caption]
ReutersSmoke rises following an explosion over Beirut’s southern suburbs after an Israeli strike on Lebanon in October 2024[/caption]
AFPA US Super Hornet attack fighter jet takes off from the USS Truman aircraft carrier before striking Yemen on March 16, 2025[/caption]
ReutersScientists work at a uranium processing site in Isfahan, south of the Tehran in Iran[/caption]
APSatellite picture shows Iran’s nuclear site in Isfahan, Iran, in April 2024[/caption]
Trump vowed: “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing… it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”
The US president has even massed B-2 bombers at a US base – said to be 30 per cent of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet.
Senior diplomatic sources have warned Iran is “much closer than anyone can be comfortable with” in developing nukes.
They claimed Tehran will be in a position to enrich enough Uranium 233 to produce several fission weapons by the end of the month.
A senior Israeli politician in Jerusalem told The Sun it is more important now than ever to stop Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s nuclear ambitions.
The insider said: “This should have been avoided a long time ago.
“It should stop. It’s not just a crazy insistence. It’s extremely important for the stability of Israel and the world.
“The whole world should make an effort to make sure that Iran is restrained.”
Tensions in Israel are high as Iran is regarded as the “head of the snake” for terror – acting as a puppet master for proxies including Hamas and Hezbollah.
An Israeli diplomatic source warned it is crucial a deal be thrashed out with Iran to temper its nuclear programme.
They said: “From Israel’s perspective, with Trump in the White House, this represents the optimum moment to deal with Iran. There won’t be a better chance.
“Obtaining precise intelligence on just how far Iran’s nuclear programme has advanced has always been hard to obtain.
“But the reality is they’re much much closer than anyone can be comfortable with. And they have been for some time.”
Since Hamas’ barbaric assault on October 7, 2023, Israel has come under fire from Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.
Iran has long used terror proxies to do its dirty work for it.
But IDF sources told The Sun Tehran is now “many, many steps back” as Israeli forces have been working for months to clear the path for a major strike on Iran.
They told how three air campaigns in Iran have eliminated most aerial defences which were “the main obstacle”.
The IDF insider said it has worked to significantly downgrade the threat posed by Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi – effectively leaving Iran isolated.
They told The Sun: “Over the past year, we struck in Yemen three or four times, and we had three air campaigns in Iran, eliminating on the way most of the aerial defence systems in Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
“They were the main obstacle when thinking about a big aerial operation on the way to Iran. Their proxy aerial defence systems.”
Qaem 100 is an Iranian expendable, small-lift, space launch vehicle developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)AlamyIran launched projectiles at Israel before being intercepted by the Iron Dome in the sky above Jerusalem in October 2024[/caption]
APA senior Israeli politician said it is more important now than ever to stop Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s nuclear ambitions[/caption]
APAn Israeli strike on Gaza sparks a huge explosion on March 22, 2025[/caption]
Iran unleashed a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles on Israel last April in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a region-wide war.
The Sun this week visited an Iron Dome system battery at a secret location in the country’s south protecting the area from incoming projectiles.
IDF sources say the mobile all-weather air defence system has around a 94 per cent success rate in intercepting rockets.
But Shelly Tal Meron, a member of the Israeli Knesset, warned Israel “cannot afford” for Iran to have nuclear weapons.
Speaking in Jerusalem, the Yesh Atid Party politician said “there is no question” that Tehran is the “head of the snake”.
She said: “There is no question that there are threats to the free world. When it comes to Israel, it’s an existential threat.
“We cannot afford to have Iran have nuclear weapons.
“I think that the world is waking up to this reality and understanding that the Iranian regime is not only a problem for the State of Israel but other countries as well.
“I think President Trump is also very involved in that. He said himself that he prefers to do it not through war. Of course, I agree. It’s always better to solve things in diplomacy.”
But Shelly said Israel may have no other choice but to directly stop Iran’s nuclear weapon development if talks fail.
“This is not something new, but it’s becoming more and more dangerous,” she added.
But Iran this week rejected any direct negotiations as tensions again flare in the Middle East.
Iranian armed forces this week called for a preemptive strike on the Diego Garcia base before the US could use it to target the Islamic Republic.
Military commanders mulled targeting the station, which sits in Britain’s Chagos Islands, in a bid to deter Trump from blasting Iran.
Last night, the president formally signed off Keir Starmer’s controversial agreement for the UK to give away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Planet LabsAt least three US B-2 spirit bombers have already arrived at the strategic US-UK outpost of the Diego Garcia military base, according to satellite[/caption]
IRAN is believed to have accelerated its nuclear weapons development and is building terrifying nuclear warheads for solid-fuel missiles with a range exceeding 1,800 miles (3,000km).
A powerful blast from Iran could impact on several continents due to the chilling capability of the warheads.
Italy, Ukraine, Sudan, India and even large swaths of Russia would all potentially be in the firing line.
They are being developed at two sites in Shahrud and Semnan, which were previously pinned as rocket or space satellite launch sites.
A third site, Sorkheh Hesar, is also said to be carrying out projects, including research on nuclear power and underground explosions.
Nukes are being quickly created under the watchful eye of the regime’s nuclear weaponization entity, the Organization for Advanced Defense Research (SPND).
Bosses are developing nuclear warheads for the solid-fuel Ghaem-100 missiles, which are equipped with mobile launch platforms at the Shahrud site.
Iran’s rocket designers have used North Korea’s missiles as a guide to develop the Ghaem-100 missile.
When the missile was in a very early testing stage in 2011, dozens of missile experts were killed at the Modarres site in Tehran.
Personnel vehicles are banned from entering the Shahrud site and are forced to park at a checkpoint before people are transported in.
Meanwhile, they are using the liquid fuel missile Simorgh to develop nuclear warheads in Semnan.
Iran has staged three successful Ghaem-100 missile launches over the past two years, enhancing the regime’s capability to deploy nuclear weapons.
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