Venus Aerospace unveiled an engine it says is capable of flying six times the speed of sound, and could get from London to New York in an hour.
How the Venus Aerospace Stargazer hypersonic jet could look on a test flight It is over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, and since then the idea of supersonic flight has mostly been grounded. Many countries have blocked planes from travelling at such high speed due to the disturbance from noisy sonic booms when they break the sound barrier, and the technology is expensive with tickets historically out of reach for all but the richest.
This would be 3,600 miles per hour, making it possible to travel the distance from London to New York in just one hour. Venus Aerospace say they are planning a test flight next year along with aerospace company Velontra, with the intention of ‘unlocking the high-speed flight economy’ for both commercial and defence aircraft. The plane will fly higher than traditional aircraft, taking off using traditional jet engines but then transitioning to rockets once it reaches altitude.
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