&quot;Taking off from a conventional runway, Concorde-2 would climb vertically into the air like a space rocket.&quot;<p>Wow! There&#x27;s no way you&#x27;ll be allowed handheld devices or a book when that happens. Drop it and someone 30 feet under you might get knocked unconscious. (Or each person gets a personal cabin.)<p>&quot;US patent for an extraordinary concept aircraft&quot;<p>Oh, one of those many odd-ball ideas that will never happen.