[h=1]Airbus patents a supersonic aircraft that could fly from London to New York in 1 hour[/h]
October 16, 2015 01:45
Dreams of high-speed air travel are one step closer to being realized.
Airbus has filed a patent for a "rocket motor"-propelled aircraft that would have the capability of carrying passengers from New York to London in 60 minutes.
Standard airlines complete the journey across the Atlantic in around eight hours.
Called Concorde-2, the supersonic jet would use a combination of three separate engines -- turbojets, ramjets and a "rocket-motor" -- to propel it through the air, according to the patent.
The aircraft would carry 19 people and have an aerodynamic design system to make it far quieter than most craft. The US government approved Airbus' patented design in July that would travel at speeds of up to 4.5 times the speed of sound.
This would be three times as fast as the speed of the original Concorde jet, which was retired in 2003, reports the Independent.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...rk-in-1-hour/ca1a1342bbe3842b65aa8841acd849a4
October 16, 2015 01:45
Dreams of high-speed air travel are one step closer to being realized.
Airbus has filed a patent for a "rocket motor"-propelled aircraft that would have the capability of carrying passengers from New York to London in 60 minutes.
Standard airlines complete the journey across the Atlantic in around eight hours.
Called Concorde-2, the supersonic jet would use a combination of three separate engines -- turbojets, ramjets and a "rocket-motor" -- to propel it through the air, according to the patent.
The aircraft would carry 19 people and have an aerodynamic design system to make it far quieter than most craft. The US government approved Airbus' patented design in July that would travel at speeds of up to 4.5 times the speed of sound.
This would be three times as fast as the speed of the original Concorde jet, which was retired in 2003, reports the Independent.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...rk-in-1-hour/ca1a1342bbe3842b65aa8841acd849a4
