Sydney to London in 4 hours

[sptrawler]

The planes are expected to be available by approximately 2023, that will fly at 90,000ft and 3,000klm's/hr.
Now that will be really something, four hours to London, bring it on.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/14029937/london-sydney-in-four-hours/

 

[trillionaire#1]

The planes are expected to be available by approximately 2023, that will fly at 90,000ft and 3,000klm's/hr.
Now that will be really something, four hours to London, bring it on.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/14029937/london-sydney-in-four-hours/

I think i'll order mine in look at me red.
Perhaps a quick flyover of north korea just to p them off.(shorting the kospi before takeoff)

 

[bellenuit]

The planes are expected to be available by approximately 2023, that will fly at 90,000ft and 3,000klm's/hr.
Now that will be really something, four hours to London, bring it on.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/14029937/london-sydney-in-four-hours/

Make that 5.6 hours if travelling at 3000 km/h

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sydney+london

 

[doctorj]

Make that 5.6 hours if travelling at 3000 km/h

And add to that the hour or in a stack at Heathrow waiting for a slot ...

 

[DB008]

Biggest delay l've ever experienced would have been 20 minutes coming into LHR.
It's taken me longer to go from T3->T5 @LHR (~1 hour).

 

[tech/a]

4 times faster
4 times more expensive I'll bet!

 

[sptrawler]

4 times faster
4 times more expensive I'll bet!

Hey tech/a, I bet that's what they said when the first car went past the horse and cart.

 

[McLovin]

Biggest delay l've ever experienced would have been 20 minutes coming into LHR.
It's taken me longer to go from T3->T5 @LHR (~1 hour).

I was on an intra-European flight, landed and then waited 35 minutes while trying to taxi across the active at LHR.

I agree, changing terminals is PITA, I usually go through immigration and then back in, often much quicker.

I think, like all British transport, it works well as long as the weather is OK.

On the article in the OP, these son of Concorde things seem to come up all the time. NASA must be coming up for a funding review.

 

[Glen48]

10 hours at airports and a free fondle.

 

[doctorj]

I was on an intra-European flight, landed and then waited 35 minutes while trying to taxi across the active at LHR.

I agree, changing terminals is PITA, I usually go through immigration and then back in, often much quicker.

I think, like all British transport, it works well as long as the weather is OK.

On the article in the OP, these son of Concorde things seem to come up all the time. NASA must be coming up for a funding review.

If you have to connect somewhere, it's always better to do it in Frankfurt or Munich. Even Zurich is a good option. I fly in/out of LHR most weeks and just about every flight seems to be around 30mins late in departing which doesnt help making a connection somewhere else. Arriving isn't so bad, but I try to time my arrival around the change of runway in the afternoon to avoid the stack. It sounds a bit OCD but every little helps!

 

[sptrawler]

Getting back on track, the new engine technology apparently will use liquid hydrogen.

 

[Glen48]

The Black bird SR1 is about the only plane to reach 90K feet that is on the edge of outer space..

 

[sptrawler]

The Black bird SR1 is about the only plane to reach 90K feet that is on the edge of outer space..

Spot on and using liquid hydrogen can work as an intercooler.

 

[CanOz]

Spot on and using liquid hydrogen can work as an intercooler.

Oh great a mini modern day express Hindenburg

 

[sptrawler]

Oh great a mini modern day express Hindenburg

No at those speeds it would be an afterburner, unlike the Hindelburg

 

[CanOz]

No at those speeds it would be an afterburner, unlike the Hindelburg

Unlike a lead balloon!

Interesting, noted too about how this concept pops up every now and then...

CanOz