China Test Hypersonic Passenger Plane; Promises London to New York in Under Two Hours

A Chinese aerospace company has successfully completed the first test flight of a groundbreaking hypersonic passenger aircraft.

  • @potatopotato@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4•15 days ago

    Let’s not forget that the Concord failed in 2003. I wonder what started happening around then that made that actual flying part a smaller fraction of the overall time spent traveling…

    Even if you can step through a portal and instantaneously get to London from NY, if you still have to go through the rest of the airline process the time savings just isn’t that huge.

    • @randompasta@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4•15 days ago

      The one where a part from another plane fell off and got ingested into the Concord’s engine? It’s hard to see that as Concord’s fault, but there was significant loss of life and reputation. But that really shouldn’t be characterized as a Concord failure.