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Proposed Lapcat II Hypersonic Airliner: Brussels to Sydney in Less Than 3 Hours

Posted by timothy on from the sorry-no-meal-service dept.

New submitter AG_2011 writes: Could an airliner that flies anywhere in under 3 hours be in service by 2030? One estimate puts the cost one way at €5,000 (£3,700) per seat for a Brussels to Sydney trip. The Lapcat-II project's Mach 8 airliner will be capable of 8,500 km/h (5,280 mph) and could take passengers on this trip in 2 hours and 55 minutes. The race is on...

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  1. Re:So: nine hours from Brussels to Sydney by sycodon · · Score: 3, Funny

    All things considered, I think I'd rather take 2-3 weeks on a cruise ship to get the Australia.

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  2. Re:Brussels to Sydney by sycodon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Australia:

    Where the Women are pretty, the Men are drunk, and everything in Nature wants to kill you.

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  3. Re:So: nine hours from Brussels to Sydney by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    All things considered, I think I'd rather take 2-3 weeks on a cruise ship to get the Australia.

    I'm not going back there until they get rid of all the death adders.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/e...

    I had a nice time when I was there last, but I didn't realize then that every form of wildlife in Australia wants to kill you. Now I know better. Even the pigeons have venom that will make you die a slow, painful death.

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  4. Re:So: nine hours from Brussels to Sydney by dryeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    but I didn't realize then that every form of wildlife in Australia wants to kill you

    Oh bullshit. Everyone knows that some of the sheep are harmless.

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  5. Re:So: nine hours from Brussels to Sydney by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh bullshit. Everyone knows that some of the sheep are harmless.

    That's what I thought, until one gave me gonorrhea.

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