U.K First?

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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.