Source: BoeingThis can't come quick enough!
Across the Globe for a meeting and back again for dinner...
That could be the future of air travel, after US company Boeing revealed a sleek, new hypersonic passenger plane capable of traversing the map hours.
And the good thing? It's not TOO far into the distant future, although we will have to wait a little while longer.
It's thought this new design could be available in 20 to 30 years, so around the year 2050.
The concept aircraft, unveiled at the American Institute of Aeronautics Aviation 2018 conference in Atlanta, would be capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound - that’s about 4000 miles per hour or a casual 6500 km/h...
Boeing says its engineers are developing enabling technology will that will position the company for the time when customers and markets are ready to reap the benefits of hypersonic flight.
“We’re excited about the potential of hypersonic technology to connect the world faster than ever before,” said Kevin Bowcutt, senior technical fellow and chief scientist of hypersonics.
“Boeing is building upon a foundation of six decades of work designing, developing and flying experimental hypersonic vehicles, which makes us the right company to lead the effort in bringing this technology to market in the future,” a company representative said.
How amazing would this be?
