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Title: NYC to London in 30 Minutes! Plane of the Future Is Coming
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URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/we-liv ... eve-already-got-160143322.html
Published: Nov 2, 2015
Author: Billie Cohen
Post Date: 2015-11-02 21:44:51 by Justified
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Views: 914
Comments: 2

We live in pretty cool times. We’ve already got wearable technology, video calls, and a host of other gadgets foretold by Back to the Future II. We’ve even got jet packs. But we still have a way to go in the area of supersonic travel. Since the Concorde was retired in 2003, transatlantic flyers have been forced to twiddle their thumbs on airplanes for about seven hours each way.

Happily for restless travelers, that could change soon: Super-supersonic jets are on the way! In the Globe and Mail’s Prototypes column, Canadian engineer and inventor Charles Bombardier recently outlined his vision for an incredibly fast jet that would take passengers from New York to London in about 30 minutes.

Bombardier’s Skreemr would have four wings and two rear rockets, and it would take off by means of either a magnetic-railgun or an electric launching system. Either way, he writes, the launch system “would need to be long enough to achieve supersonic speed without taxing the passengers with too much g-force.” The rockets then kick in to ignite the scramjet engine, speeding the whole thing up to Mach 10, a speed five times faster than that of the Concorde — so fast, in fact, that it knocked the last e right out of the jet’s name.

The concept aircraft would carry 75 brave passengers, if it ever becomes a reality. Right now, scramjet designs are only being tossed around for military drones (developed by the U.S. and China), but Bombardier’s dream is to use these superfast engines to fly people someday. At a speed of Mach 10, or 7,673 mph, your 3,500-mile trip from New York to London would take approximately half an hour. That’s fast enough for even the most impatient traveler … at least until someone figures out teleportation.

The concept plane is called the Skreemr (which, if you ask us, sounds more like a thrill ride at an amusement park than a way to get to a business meeting quickly), and the power behind it is known as “scramjet technology.” (1 image)

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#1. To: Justified (#0)

"NYC to London in 30 Minutes!"

Wow! That's faster than the time it takes me to get from remote parking to the terminal. And ...

-- Four times faster than to get through international security.
-- Twice as fast as the time to check in and get to the gate.
-- Faster than the time to pick up my luggage.
-- Twice as fast as the time to get through customs.

We live in amazing times.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-11-03   10:55:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: misterwhite (#1)

-- Four times faster than to get through international security.
-- Twice as fast as the time to check in and get to the gate.
-- Faster than the time to pick up my luggage.

But if Amtrak didn't have the turkey sandwiches
already made and wrapped on the snack bar lounge car
before you departed your (non-major city) you are going
to have to rely on whatever is in your Igloo Playmate cooler -
or your bag of Cheetos / jars of peanuts - etc... (trust me...)

But that is Amtrak of course...

Chuck_Wagon  posted on  2015-11-03   11:38:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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