Supersonic aircraft promises to fly from New York to London in 11 minutes

January 29, 2016 00:47

As the age of supersonic travel fast approaches, there is yet another concept aircraft that promises to go from New York to London in an unbelievable 11 minutes.

Called the Antipode, it would be powered by rocket boosters on its wings for takeoff and climb to 40,000 feet at Mach 5.

The acceleration boosters would then separate from the Antipode and fly back to the air base by themselves. If thats not impressive enough, the Antipode pilot would then ignite its supersonic engines to hit Mach 24 -- or speeds of 12,427 miles an hour, reports Forbes.

The jet would be powered by liquid oxygen or kerosene rockets and in theory, it could carry up to 10 passengers.

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