How Hypersonic Flight Could Transform Transatlantic Flight

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While Concorde may have offered supersonic transatlantic flights, startups like Destinus and Hermeus have ambitions to ferry passengers hypersonically at 5 times the speed of sound. That would enable you to travel from Sydney to Frankfurt in 4 hours as opposed to 20. But right now the companies are still building small models and testing engines. So will hypersonic flight ever be a reality? 0:00 Hypersonic flight could redefine how we travel the globe 0:39 The Ramjet/Scramjet has been featured in Top Gun: Maverick 1:41 Destinus and Hermeus want to fly at hypersonic speeds 2:30 Tests, models and contracts 3:17 Unanswered questions I'm George Downs, a WSJ video journalist fascinated by how technology is changing how we get from A to B. If you're interested in the future of mobility or how modern transportation—from EVs to eVTOLs, and beyond— can impact our lives, then don't forget to subscribe. #Hypersonic #Aviation #GeorgeDowns

Published 2023-08-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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