Moment ‘son of Concord’ takes off
A BRITISH hypersonic aviation company has opened talks with the government - leading to fresh hope for a new "Son of Concorde" style passenger plane.The company is creating a new hybrid jet-rocket fast enough to fly passengers from London to New York City in 60 minutesReaction Engines is in talks with Whitehall to secure a £20m lifeline amid mounting losses and slow revenue growth.It would mean any destination around the world is never more than a few hours away.
The company has said a test bed for its engine had run at the equivalent of five times the speed of sound at its test facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port outside of Denver.Supersonic jet's major progress towards 3.5hr flights from London to NYC He said: “The performance of our proprietary precooler technology was validated at hypersonic flight conditions and takes us closer to realising our objective of developing the first air-breathing engine capable of accelerating from zero to Mach 5."
Chief test Pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg took the aircraft out for its fifth spin from the XB-1 from Mojave Air and Space Port.While he's "never been scared in a plane", Geppetto admitted he'd faced some nerve-racking flights in the past but described the thrill of piloting the XB-1.
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