A Chinese aerospace company has successfully completed the first test flight of a groundbreaking hypersonic passenger aircraft.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/14809770
There was no test flight. This publication saw the animated video and thought it was real.
Since Beehaw isn’t federated with the instance you linked, I’ll paste the comment you linked here for anyone who doesn’t want to mess with opening it externally:
This article is based on a report from the Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/china-hypersonic-flights-speed-concorde-b2051192.html nowhere does it say they have completed a test flight.
The brand Space Transportation, also known as the company Beijing Lingkong Tianxing Technology, has released an animated video which shows how its proposed “space flights” might look
And the images are unrelated concept art too. lol
This place really loves slop from random garbage sources, we’ll share anything with a URL.