Concorde 2.0. New Supersonic Jets to compete for Business jetsetters' market! 80 Million Dollars per 12 seater, London to Sydney in 4 hours... almost double the speed of Concorde!
NASA helps American aerospace companies. Prototypes to be unveiled at Farnborough air show in July 2012. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream, all aiming at supersonic passenger plane.
NASA helps American aerospace companies. Prototypes to be unveiled at Farnborough air show in July 2012. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream, all aiming at supersonic passenger plane.
Four hours from London to Sydney at 2,500 mph (Concorde went 1,350 mph).Compoite superlight construction, technologically advanced engines, small fuselages. Ordinary Jets fly at 20 hours and ten minutes from London to Sydney.
New Supersonic passenger jets, to reduce boom to a light 'puff'.
Aircraft shape plays a role in reducing the effect of sonic shockwave.
12 seaters for $ 80 million each expected.
More info:
Daily Mail | 'The race to build a successor to Concorde: Boeing, Gulfstream and Nasa join forces to create a supersonic jet capable of flying from London to Sydney in FOUR HOURS' by DAILY MAIL REPORTER at UPDATED: 16:07 GMT, 24 June 2012
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