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Scottish Sun
08-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Abandoned £1.5billion airport that wanted to be the ‘world's biggest' – with America's answer to Concorde
It would have been home to America's answer to the Concorde GROUNDED Abandoned £1.5billion airport that wanted to be the 'world's biggest' – with America's answer to Concorde Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NEW airport that wanted to be the world's biggest would have have welcomed Brits to a popular holiday destination - only for it to never open. Everglades Jetport in Florida hoped to be a major six-runway airport that would welcome some of the fastest flights in the world. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 An multi-billion airport once wanted to be the biggest in the world 6 The airport would have been built with access to the Miami coastline Credit: Google 6 It would have been the home of America's answer to Concorde Credit: Getty This included the Boeing 2707, America's answer to Concorde which would have flown up to 1,800 miles an hour. This would have been much faster than Concorde's to speed of 1,354 miles an hour. The plan for the huge new airport was revealed in 1968, during the Golden Age of travel. The need for the new airport was said to be because of the huge boom in travellers visiting the nearby areas, with Miami International Airport welcoming up to 10million passengers at that time. Longer-term plans would see Everglades Jetport replace Miami Airport entirely. It wanted to be the largest airport in the world, with plans showing it to be six times larger than the current JFK Airport. A newspaper article said: "The future development of Marco Island received a tremendous boost recently with the start of construction of a mammoth jetport, the biggest ever, anywhere just 48 miles away." Around 26,000 acres of land was bought - to put this into comparison, Miami International Airport is around 3,300 acres. The airport would be linked to the coastline too with a huge new interstate motorway and monorail system. The governor of Florida at the time, Claude R Kirk Jr, added: "With our new supersonic jetport, South Florida is going to become a major gateway to Europe and a jumping-off place for the Pacific as well." Massive abandoned airport 3 times the size of Monaco left with rusting jumbo jets to be bulldozed and turned into new city This was backed by Stuart Tipton, then president of Airlines for America who said: "The recent action taken by the Dade County Port Authority to construct a new jetport makes certain that South Florida will be ready to play its part in the supersonic age. However, concerns were raved about the damage to the local environment which it claimed would "destroy the Everglades National Park". Estimates costs of the airport were around $2billion (£1.5billion), the New York Times reports, but by 1970, construction had stopped, with just one runway built. This was followed by the scrapping of the Boeing 2707 project in 1971. 6 Just one runway ends up being built Credit: Google Earth 6 The airport is now used as a training ground for pilots Credit: Public Domain It has since been taken over by the Miami Dade Aviation Department, and is called the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. The 10,000ft runway is now used by pilots for training. Lonny Craven, who now manages the airport, said: "It was supposed to be the airport for tomorrow.' Closer to home, Croydon Airport was once the biggest in the world. Having opened in 1920, it closed in 1958 after London Gatwick was redeveloped, and has since been turned into a museum. Top 15 busiest airports in the UK Here are the 15 busiest airports in the UK by passenger numbers in 2023 London Heathrow - 79.2 million London Gatwick - 40.9 million Manchester - 28.1 million London Stansted - 28.0 million London Luton - 16.4 million Edinburgh - 14.4 million Birmingham - 11.5 million Bristol - 9.9 million Glasgow - 7.4 million Belfast International - 6.0 million Newcastle - 4.8 million Liverpool - 4.2 million Leeds Bradford - 4.0 million East Midlands - 3.9 million London City - 3.4 million And here is another abandoned airport in the UK that has revealed plans to reopen.
The Irish Sun
08-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Abandoned £1.5billion airport that wanted to be the ‘world's biggest' – with America's answer to Concorde
A NEW airport that wanted to be the world's biggest would have have welcomed Brits to a popular holiday destination - only for it to never open. Everglades Jetport in Florida hoped to be a major six-runway airport that would welcome some of the fastest flights in the world. 6 An multi-billion airport once wanted to be the biggest in the world 6 The airport would have been built with access to the Miami coastline Credit: Google 6 It would have been the home of America's answer to Concorde Credit: Getty This included the Boeing 2707, America's answer to Concorde which would have flown up to 1,800 miles an hour. This would have been much faster than The plan for the huge new airport was revealed in 1968, during the Golden Age of travel. The need for the new airport was said to be because of the huge boom in travellers visiting the nearby areas, with Miami International Airport welcoming up to 10million passengers at that time. Read more on airports Longer-term plans would see Everglades Jetport replace Miami Airport entirely. It wanted to be the largest airport in the world, with plans showing it to be six times larger than the current A newspaper article said: "The future development of Marco Island received a tremendous boost recently with the start of construction of a mammoth jetport, the biggest ever, anywhere just 48 miles away." Around 26,000 acres of land was bought - to put this into comparison, Miami International Airport is around 3,300 acres. Most read in News Travel The airport would be linked to the coastline too with a huge new interstate motorway and monorail system. The governor of Florida at the time, Claude R Kirk Jr, added: "With our new supersonic jetport, South Florida is going to become a major gateway to Europe and a jumping-off place for the Pacific as well." Massive abandoned airport 3 times the size of Monaco left with rusting jumbo jets to be bulldozed and turned into new city This was backed by Stuart Tipton, then president of Airlines for America who said: "The recent action taken by the Dade County Port Authority to construct a new jetport makes certain that South However, concerns were raved about the damage to the local environment which it claimed would "destroy the Everglades National Park". Estimates costs of the airport were around $2billion (£1.5billion), the This was followed by the scrapping of the Boeing 2707 project in 1971. 6 Just one runway ends up being built Credit: Google Earth 6 The airport is now used as a training ground for pilots Credit: Public Domain It has since been taken over by the Miami Dade Aviation Department, and is called the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. The 10,000ft runway is now used by pilots for training. Lonny Craven, who now manages the airport, said: "It was supposed to be the airport for tomorrow.' Closer to home, Having opened in 1920, it closed in 1 958 after London Gatwick was redeveloped , and has since been turned into a museum. Top 15 busiest airports in the UK Here are the 15 busiest airports in the UK by passenger numbers in 2023 London Heathrow - 79.2 million London Gatwick - 40.9 million Manchester - 28.1 million London Stansted - 28.0 million London Luton - 16.4 million Edinburgh - 14.4 million Birmingham - 11.5 million Bristol - 9.9 million Glasgow - 7.4 million Belfast International - 6.0 million Newcastle - 4.8 million Liverpool - 4.2 million Leeds Bradford - 4.0 million East Midlands - 3.9 million London City - 3.4 million And here is another 6 The six runways were to never be built Credit: Google Earth
The Sun
08-05-2025
- The Sun
Abandoned £1.5billion airport that wanted to be the ‘world's biggest' – with America's answer to Concorde
A NEW airport that wanted to be the world's biggest would have have welcomed Brits to a popular holiday destination - only for it to never open. Everglades Jetport in Florida hoped to be a major six-runway airport that would welcome some of the fastest flights in the world. 6 6 6 This included the Boeing 2707, America's answer to Concorde which would have flown up to 1,800 miles an hour. This would have been much faster than Concorde's to speed of 1,354 miles an hour. The plan for the huge new airport was revealed in 1968, during the Golden Age of travel. The need for the new airport was said to be because of the huge boom in travellers visiting the nearby areas, with Miami International Airport welcoming up to 10million passengers at that time. Longer-term plans would see Everglades Jetport replace Miami Airport entirely. It wanted to be the largest airport in the world, with plans showing it to be six times larger than the current JFK Airport. A newspaper article said: "The future development of Marco Island received a tremendous boost recently with the start of construction of a mammoth jetport, the biggest ever, anywhere just 48 miles away." Around 26,000 acres of land was bought - to put this into comparison, Miami International Airport is around 3,300 acres. The airport would be linked to the coastline too with a huge new interstate motorway and monorail system. The governor of Florida at the time, Claude R Kirk Jr, added: "With our new supersonic jetport, South Florida is going to become a major gateway to Europe and a jumping-off place for the Pacific as well." Massive abandoned airport 3 times the size of Monaco left with rusting jumbo jets to be bulldozed and turned into new city This was backed by Stuart Tipton, then president of Airlines for America who said: "The recent action taken by the Dade County Port Authority to construct a new jetport makes certain that South Florida will be ready to play its part in the supersonic age. However, concerns were raved about the damage to the local environment which it claimed would "destroy the Everglades National Park". Estimates costs of the airport were around $2billion (£1.5billion), the New York Times reports, but by 1970, construction had stopped, with just one runway built. This was followed by the scrapping of the Boeing 2707 project in 1971. 6 6 It has since been taken over by the Miami Dade Aviation Department, and is called the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. The 10,000ft runway is now used by pilots for training. Lonny Craven, who now manages the airport, said: "It was supposed to be the airport for tomorrow.' Closer to home, Croydon Airport was once the biggest in the world. Having opened in 1920, it closed in 1958 after London Gatwick was redeveloped, and has since been turned into a museum. And here is another abandoned airport in the UK that has revealed plans to reopen. 6
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
See The Boom XB-1 Rip Through The Air As It Breaks The Sound Barrier
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in late January with its XB-1 test jet, paving the way forward in the startup's efforts to build its own supersonic airliner. Boom and NASA released a unique image from the test flight over the Mojave Desert on Monday. The photograph visualizes the flow of air around the XB-1 as it flew faster than the speed of sound, allowing the public to see an aircraft break the sound barrier. The image captured by NASA shows the silhouette of Boom's demonstrator streaking across the sky, except the atmosphere is rendered in a vivid shade of orange and the jet's exhaust is a pale yellow trail. It's an example of Schlieren photography, a technique that uses refraction to visualize the shifting density of air as an object moves through it. You can see the XB-1 pushing its way through the air with streaks flaring away from the plane. Read more: Here's Why You Always Board Planes On The Left Schlieren is the German word for streaks. The photo is a tangible reminder that we're breathing a fluid because both liquids and gases are fluids. Boom CEO Blake Scholl said in a release: "This image makes the invisible visible—the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier. Thanks to Geppetto's exceptional flying and our partnership with NASA, we were able to capture this iconic image. We also confirmed that XB-1 made no audible sonic boom, which paves the way for coast to coast flights up to 50% faster." While the photo is a visually stimulating product of the test flight, the most significant development was Boom's announcement of "Boomless Cruise." It was independently confirmed that none of the sonic booms created by the XB-1 reached the ground. The aerospace startup is confident that its Mach cutoff technique can be carried over to its full-scale Overture airline. If that is the case, Boom could convince the FAA to lift its restrictions on overland supersonic flights. Airlines have been promised a supersonic future before. During the 1960s, the country's major carriers eagerly awaited the arrival of a faster-than-sound commercial jet subsidized by the federal government. Pan-Am and TWA placed at least a dozen orders for the Boeing 2707 while it was still in development. Miami-Dade County even had plans for a bespoke supersonic airport in the middle of the Everglades. Everglades Jetport was envisioned as an intercontinental hub that would make Miami a truly global stop in the same way that Emirates has elevated the status of Dubai. However, the FAA ban and the subsequent collapse of the Boeing 2707 derailed those plans. Only one of the six runways were built before the project was halted. The lone runway eventually became a training airport for airline pilots and occasional a lengthy dragstrip. In the 2010, the county wanted to revive the facility as the site for a trade airshow but it never came to fruition. A revival of supersonic flights won't bring back the Everglades Jetport either because it's remote location was intended to keep sonic booms away from the public, a non-issue if "Boomless Cruise" is successful. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
