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johnfowles · 02-06-2008, 11:42 AM

Somehow I doubt if I'll be around to see it but this headline on
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/ma...ethyper105.xml looked exciting
Hypersonic flight: Brussels - Sydney in 5 hours
A British-designed, 3,800mph (6,115kph) hypersonic airliner could one day ferry holidaymakers from Brussels to Sydney in five hours

The company aims to have the plane in service within 25 years, and believes that an Antipodean return trip would cost about as much as an existing business-class ticket – around £3,500.
The project, known as the Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies or LAPCAT, is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to encourage the use of space-travel technology in aircraft design.
According to Reaction Engines the A2 would be capable of sustained travel at Mach 5, or 3,800mph - more than double the late Concorde’s top speed.
Powered by liquid hydrogen engines called Scimitar, based on existing technology, the A2 will be 143 metres long, or roughly twice the length of an Airbus A380, the largest airliner currently in service.

02-06-2008, 11:42 AM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Way to Go Down Under Somehow I doubt if I'll be around to see it but this headline on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/ma...ethyper105.xml looked exciting Hypersonic flight: Brussels - Sydney in 5 hours A British-designed, 3,800mph (6,115kph) hypersonic airliner could one day ferry holidaymakers from Brussels to Sydney in five hours The company aims to have the plane in service within 25 years, and believes that an Antipodean return trip would cost about as much as an existing business-class ticket – around £3,500. The project, known as the Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies or LAPCAT, is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to encourage the use of space-travel technology in aircraft design. According to Reaction Engines the A2 would be capable of sustained travel at Mach 5, or 3,800mph - more than double the late Concorde’s top speed. Powered by liquid hydrogen engines called Scimitar, based on existing technology, the A2 will be 143 metres long, or roughly twice the length of an Airbus A380, the largest airliner currently in service. __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor