We are all in for a special surprise in the year 2015 when Supersonic Aerospace International will deliver their first QSST supersonic aircraft that will travel at speeds between 1.6 to 1.8 Mach.
“Chicago to Rome is currently about 8.3 flight hours in a large cabin business jet. With QSST flying Mach 1.6, the trip is only 4.5 flight hours, saving 3.8 hours. A flight from Seattle to Tokyo is currently about 9.5 flight hours in a commercial aircraft, and in QSST it will be under 5 flight hours, a timesaving of well over 4 hours.”
The cost of one of these will be in upwards of $90 million. I’ll just write a check when it comes out. This ultra-luxury business jet will be built by Lockheed Martin most likely and be powered by Rolls Royce engines. Anyway I’ll shut up and let you surf around in awe. I’m surprised I’ve never discovered it until today. Here is one the videos on their site:
January 15th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Can’t wait to take my first ride in this incredible craft! Everyone’s invited, tickets on sale soon…