![]() ![]() ![]() This concept does, however, have advantages over other long range, high speed transportation visions, most notably the proposed next generation of supersonic jets. A lot will have to go right for the effort to succeed, and such an aircraft would need to arrive with substantial proof of reasonable cost, safety, and efficiency in order for airlines and the military to want to actually fly it. (A merely supersonic aircraft flying between Mach 1 and Mach 2 would take an hour or two longer.)īoeing says a production aircraft with these capabilities-including autonomous piloting, as that technology continues to evolve-could be ready in 20 to 30 years, though a prototype could be ready in as soon as 5 or 10. The craft would travel at up to Mach 5, enabling it to cross the Atlantic Ocean in just two hours and the Pacific in three. Both visually and technologically, the airplane, which could be used for both military and commercial purposes, has much in common with an unmanned hypersonic surveillance and reconnaissance concept the company revealed in January.īoth share the general delta-wing configuration with dual rear fins, a streamlined fuselage, and a sharp nose. The company revealed renderings of its proposed hypersonic, passenger-carrying airliner Tuesday at the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Atlanta. At least, if the airplane concept Boeing unveiled this week becomes reality. Aviation enthusiasts yearning for ultra-fast, ultra-sleek intercontinental transportation-rather than 18-hour flights on stuffed-to-the gills widebody behemoths-might finally get their wish. ![]()
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