Posted on 04/08/2021 6:40:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan
President Joe Biden has caused confusion after predicting some commercial airplanes could fly at speeds of up to 21,000 miles per hour in the next 10 years, faster than the hypersonic weapons under development by the military.
“We’re going to talk about commercial aircraft flying at subsonic speeds, supersonic speeds, be able to figuratively, if you may, if we decide to do it, be able to traverse the world in an hour, travel at 21,000 miles an hour," Biden said.
The White House has yet to clarify Biden's comments, made during a Wednesday address aimed at promoting his $2.25 trillion infrastructure and jobs spending package.
The speed of 21,000 miles an hour roughly equates to Mach 28, or 28 times the speed of sound.
In comparison, the new AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, which failed to detach from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber during a U.S. Air Force test launch this week in California, is designed to reach up to Mach 5. The Army and Navy are developing similar ground- and sea-launched hypersonic weapons.
The fastest commercial airplane flies at less than Mach 1.
Some companies, such as Boeing, have been working since 2018 on aircraft that could travel up to Mach 5. Those airliners may not be realized until “before the end of the decade," at least according to rival Aerion, which is exploring its own options.
During his speech Wednesday, Biden pitched his "American Jobs Plan" as a proposal that could help the nation "build for tomorrow."
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These must be the engines that will run on unicorn farts with Skittles afterburners.
For the Love of GOD, DON’T MISS YOUR BOARDING TIME!
It will be at your destination before you can catch the gate agent’s attention
Jen? Is that you? /s
Has the writer ever heard of or seen the CONCORD airliner and a few others that the US France and England had decades ago? They were supersonic.
Somebody tell Biden to read so aeronautical history book.
Well, According to the US Constitution (Post-Constitutional version) it only takes 50%+1 votes to repeal ANYTHING
Probably a giant bird, like in The Flintstones.
Peach
Now he’s a rocket scientist. Maybe he’s talking about the speed at which the democrats will steal the next election.
That could well be true. Of course the Republicans are telling their sheep [fools such as I who voted for them] that they have the next 30 elections in the bag. It never dawned on them that if the Democrats could steal the 2020 election, that they could figure a way to steal the 2022 election. And so on....
On top of that he wants gun control.
They need to tie his ass onto one of those hypersonic vehicles and give it a go.
This after watching Saturday cartoons
That’s the speed of illegals crossing the border.
RE: Your great details about Star Treks James Doohan in WWII.
I never heard any of this.
What a great background of military service, unlike the punky types now who give us their lectures about how we should live.
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