*WASHINGTON – Aerospace giant Boeing has just revealed that it’s working ona jet capable of flying 2.5 times faster than Concorde.Londoners could betraveling to New York City in just two hours by 2030. *
The new hypersonic plane will reach a speed of up to Mach 5 (4,000mph)whilst cruising at 95,000ft – a massive 30,000ft higher than Concorde.
Boeing said its plane would allow passengers to take day trips across theAtlantic. A drawing of the concept vehicle was revealed at the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviation 2018 conference inAtlanta.
‘When you look at the problem of getting from Point A to Point B anywherein the world, the question is how fast do you want to go and how fast isfast enough?’
Boeing chief scientist for hypersonics Kevin Bowcutt said, according toAviation Week.
‘Supersonic isn’t really fast enough to go overseas and back in one day.For the business traveler or the military, where time is really important,that’s an interesting point. Mach 5 is where you can do that. You can getacross the Atlantic in about two hours and across the Pacific in aboutthree hours.’
Concorde was built as a joint venture by Britain and France. It is one ofonly two supersonic passenger jets to enter commercial service, the otherbeing a Russian plane called the Tupolev Tu-144.
Hypersonic planes are much faster than supersonic jets, traveling at speedsof Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound).
Concorde could reach a top speed of 1,354 mph, which is more than twice thespeed of sound.