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Reaction Engines plan Mach 5 Airliner

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-very-likely dept.

What is? writes "A British company has designed an eco-friendly airliner that could make a trip from London to Sydney in under five hours. Reaction Engines has received funding from the European Space Agency to design the plane as part of the Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies project. The A2 airliner would be capable of carrying 300 passengers at speeds of up to Mach 5."

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  1. Easy choice by QuickFox · · Score: 5, Funny
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  2. CG is Cheap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've seen more computer generated designs for supersonic passenger aircraft than I can count.

    Is this going to be a real commercial jet, or just another cock tease?

  3. Nothing New by lymond01 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lots of people have websites with cool drawings of fast planes. I scanned the material on their site and didn't see anything concerning a flux capacitor, so my cynicism is slightly abated.

  4. Let me guess.. by DuSTman31 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..they're buying the old Concorde airframes and launching them from the US Navy's new railgun?

  5. 300 passengers? by geminidomino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does that include the monkey and toddler hiding in the trunk?