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Concorde Redux: Twice As Fast, London To New York In Two Hours At Mach 3.6!
Friday, June 15, 2012 7:24
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Plans for the 20-seat craft were unveiled at the Paris Air Show.
A jet that can fly from London to Sydney in three and a half hours could rob Concorde of its title as the fastest-ever passenger plane.
Plans have been unveiled for the Hypermach SonicStar, a business jet which will be capable of a top speed of 2,664 mph twice as fast as Concorde.
It will fly at 62,000ft, allowing passengers to see the curvature of the earth.
Hypermach chief executive Richard Lugg wants the plane in the skies within ten years (!) and has already secured funding from the Department of Trade and Industry, which has agreed to support the company in Britain.
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Strewth, that’ll get the convicts here quicker than taking them to Wormworth Scrubs.