Posted on 06/26/2018 4:49:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The hypersonic passenger plane could, in theory, fly as fast as Mach 5, or just under 3,900 miles per hour. That would allow the plane to carry passengers between Los Angeles and Tokyo in roughly three hours. A flight from New York to London could be as quick as two hours. Right now, those flights take about 11 hours and 7 hours, respectively.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is pushing the aerospace giant to explore the potential of ultra-fast passenger planes.
"I think in the next decade or two you're going to see them become a reality," Muilenburg told CNBC at the Paris Air Show last year. “We see future innovations where you could connect around the world in about two hours.”
How will Boeing and other aerospace companies build passenger planes that can safely fly between far-flung locations in just a few hours? The key will be the development of lightweight materials for the fuselage and new engines that will propel the jets at greater speeds. All of that will take years to be designed and tested.
Then there is the question of cost. How willing is Boeing to potentially spend billions of dollars over the next 20 to 30 years to build a hypersonic passenger plane? If the jet is built, will the costs be low enough to make it a profitable plane for airlines to fly on a regular basis?
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They have been showing a “rendering” of a hypersonic jet since I was a kid. IM 62!
Love it! Even almost has Trump’s hair. Looks like something from Kelly Freas.
Didn’t they call their last piece of vaporware the “Sonic Cruiser”?
New picture, or did they just recycle the one from 10 years ago?
In-flight service will be a flurry of activity.
“I don’t know where this screwball idea came from but the proposed aircraft certainly won’t be hypersonic at ground level.”
It’s to fly at altitude, not at ground level
I doubt this could be commercially viable for an airline.
By the time this would go into service, the passengers will be given ‘medication’ so they sleep the trip away.
Concord v.2.
Just make sure there aren’t any pieces of metal on the runway at takeoff.
The initial stage should begin 200 miles off the CA coast and end 200 miles from the Japanese coast.
Yes but you still have to get to the airport 4 hrs before departure.
If I were to guess, improved design would reduce the boom, plus at 95,000 feet, the air density is so low and the distance so large, would anyone hear it?
That thing will create holes in the ozone layer and cause widespread melanoma /s.
>>They have been showing a “rendering” of a hypersonic jet since I was a kid. IM 62!
I hear you! And concur.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ftvh9eWkAc
We are living in the future
I’ll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper
Fifteen years ago
We’re all driving rocket ships
And talking with our minds
And wearing turquoise jewelry
And standing in soup lines
We are standing in soup lines
Horrible accident.
Whoa...never seen that picture before.
When I go the Philippines its freakin 12 hours MINIMUM. Japan is closer by an hour and most of my stops are in Narita. This will help.
Nor are ICBMs. But they do get going after a bit of altitude to take the aerodynamic loads off.
“When I go the Philippines its freakin 12 hours MINIMUM.”
My company wouldn’t pay the extra cost. Not sure how many would.
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