London to New York in One Hour, Mach 5

[Retired W4]

Why not.

This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour

The Invictus hypersonic space plane can fly from London to NYC in one hour, expected to reach Mach 5.0 when it hits the skies by 2031.

robbreport.com

 

[Rudi]

Cool, but WAY OUT of my travel budget.

 

[duke2002]

Like bob and toms norfolkinway lol!

 

[LVSteve]

And if it makes any more noise than a 737-400 NY and NJ will ban it. See Concorde and noise.

I found all the complaints about the noise Concordes made at takeoff pretty specious. I spent three weeks near the Heathrow flight path in 2003. The Concorde did have a particular note to the engines, but it moved so much faster than the other kites it was like "WHOOSH" and it was gone. You want noisy, try a B-1B. Everyone in the Vegas valley knows when one of those was loaded up and using afterburner to get out of Nellis.

 

[greenwellg]

I like E3T, going coast to coast for a few pennies in power. Evacuated Tube Transportation Technology.

 

[Onomea]

I recall reading in the late 80s about a hypersonic passenger jet that would fly from New York to Tokyo in two and a half or three hours.

Still waiting for it to show up.

The issue is making it economically feasible.

 

[LVSteve]

I like E3T, going coast to coast for a few pennies in power. Evacuated Tube Transportation Technology.

Is that like Hyperloop? Those clowns took Federal and local government money and flushed it who knows where at a facility just outside the Vegas valley. That's not what you will read on Wikipedia, but the local papers here were all over it.

 

[chief38]

Why not.

This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour

The Invictus hypersonic space plane can fly from London to NYC in one hour, expected to reach Mach 5.0 when it hits the skies by 2031.

robbreport.com

Yea, but then we won't have time to eat the delicious meals and beverages - lol! Can't imagine once that goes commercial what tickets would cost!

 

[Retired W4]

Yea, but then we won't have time to eat the delicious meals and beverages - lol! Can't imagine once that goes commercial what tickets would cost!

One cocktail, that's all you have time for.

 

[rwsmith]

It looks like an outfit called 'Reaction Engines' did a lot of the developmental work, but they closed down for financial reasons and Invictus took over. I wonder how long Invictus will last trying field it?

 

[MP-5]

Just enough time to change out of your flight suit!

 

[DWalt]

I once saw a real Concorde on the ground at the American Airlines maintenance facility in Tulsa. That was sometime in the late 1970s. I don't remember why I was at the AA facility or why the Concorde was there because AA never had a Concorde in its fleet. Still, it was impressive to get close to one on the ground.

 

[Tom K]

....
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently jumped into the burgeoning space-plane sector, announcing funding for a new research program called Invictus, which will develop a hypersonic space plane capable of Mach 5 (3,386 mph). The aircraft could fly from London to New York in an hour. If plans stay on track, it could be operational by 2031.
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The Invictus team is tasked with having a viable concept ready in 12 months and a working hypersonic jet by 2031.

So did anyone in this thread actually read the article? It says nothing about carrying passengers, or really anything at all about what this craft's mission is. "London to New York in an hour" is simply an example of speed that people can wrap their minds around, as opposed to a goal. It would appear to be nothing more than a concept demonstrator. To quote from the TV series Firefly, "I'm smellin' a lotta 'if' comin' off this plan."

 

[kev74]

And if it makes any more noise than a 737-400 NY and NJ will ban it. See Concorde and noise.

I found all the complaints about the noise Concordes made at takeoff pretty specious. I spent three weeks near the Heathrow flight path in 2003. The Concorde did have a particular note to the engines, but it moved so much faster than the other kites it was like "WHOOSH" and it was gone. You want noisy, try a B-1B. Everyone in the Vegas valley knows when one of those was loaded up and using afterburner to get out of Nellis.

I was at Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn and had a Concord from JFK that had just taken off fly over. It was VERY LOUD! Way louder than any other planes, at least on take-off.

 

[Retired W4]

Then there is the sonic boom...boom. Living next to WPAFB in the 60's when SAC was there, the noise would rattle the dishes. That was before they banned SS flight over most of CONUS. There is no one to bother flying over the ocean.

 

[45Smashemflat]

I'm close to Warner Robins, we get sonic booms all the time. It's funny to see new folks post on line about it.

 

[lihpster]

Used to hear them all the time back in the late '70s and early '80s. Air Guard F-4 jockeys used to flirt with the edge of Mach near my house. Sometimes they exceeded it. I didn't mind it, thought it was kinda cool.

 

[Doriangray6]

I'm no hurry to go to New York.

 

[Mister Coffee]

Why not.

This Hypersonic Space Plane Will Fly From London to N.Y.C. in an Hour

The Invictus hypersonic space plane can fly from London to NYC in one hour, expected to reach Mach 5.0 when it hits the skies by 2031.

robbreport.com

Goes so fast your clothes fly off of you even though you're inside the cabin. That's what I heard, anyway.

 

[LVSteve]

So did anyone in this thread actually read the article? It says nothing about carrying passengers, or really anything at all about what this craft's mission is. "London to New York in an hour" is simply an example of speed that people can wrap their minds around, as opposed to a goal. It would appear to be nothing more than a concept demonstrator. To quote from the TV series Firefly, "I'm smellin' a lotta 'if' comin' off this plan."

The way Reaction Engines folded was peculiar. It makes me think there is either a fundamental problem with SCRAMJET engines nobody wants to admit, or there is a desire by some group to see that the technology is never developed. I'm thinking back here to the mysterious cancellation of the German supersonic stealth fighter and the Canadian Avro Arrow projects.