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Originally Posted by Combwork
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/04/29/S...e-in-four-hou/
I wonder if this or something like it will be built and if so, where. If they're carrying out engine tests it seems like a serious proposition.
The U.K. along with France are the only countries that developed and put into service a supersonic airliner * so if anyone's got the knowledge to make something like this work, I reckon we have.
* OK, the Russians got into the air first with the Tu-144 but in their hurry to get in in service before Concorde they cut a few corners. From what I've read it was a sound design, but getting the glitches fixed meant it carried its first passengers in February 1977, almost two years after Concorde.
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I must admit, that is most impressive.
But don't sell America short, we've been working on our own mode of hyper-speed travel.
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Chas