New supersonic planes are currently being tested.
in brief , you could play your friend that it would take them longer to ride a regional Amtrak power train from NYC to Boston than it would take you to fly from NYC to London . And you ’d bring home the bacon by roughly 30 minute .
That ’s what happen when you ’re sitting on a plane that can jaunt almost as tight as audio , the speed of which is capped at 767 geographical mile per hour . On its 7th test fly the coop on Tuesday , the ultrasonic aircraft ( a test model ) , dubbed " Son of Concorde , " hit a speed of 574 naut mi per minute . That means that it could fly from NYC to London in just over 3.5 hours .
Supersonic plane are not new . In 2000 , the Concorde , the " parent " of this new ultrasonic planer , tragically suffered an Air France clank in Paris , which leave in the death of 109 the great unwashed on board as well as four people on the land .
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But ultrasonic plane have since made procession , and research and development has since been working toward safer aircrafts that could finally be used again for commercial-grade travelling . Hence , the Son of Concorde , a model made by American companyBoom Technology , and its mental testing flights .
harmonise to thecompany , American Airlines and United Airlines are already in channel to snag a supersonic Boom planing machine should the projection debut in a commercial-grade and full - sized rider airplane . The project , called Overture , is reportedly also backed by the United States Air Force .
Boom ’s supersonic planes wo n’t be able to fly just anywhere , though . While they will likely be able to travel even faster than the current speed , according to Boom ’s predictions , they wo n’t be able to travel further than 5,000 nautical mile in one go .
So here ’s some quick math for you . In addition to having supersonic jets flying from NYC to London , the Overture undertaking take that spreadeagle connect the Big Apple to Rome will also be potential in roughly 4.5 minute . For the same duration , the jets will also be able to connect Atlanta and Madrid , Tokyo and Vancouver , and Los Angeles and Tahiti . In approximately 3.5 hour , they will also be able to take flight from Washington , D.C. to Dublin , Space.comreported .
A timeline for commercial manipulation of these ultrasonic jets has n’t been release yet , but it will probably do quickly . Just do n’t anticipate a fastness comparable to that of speech sound itself .
