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A jaw-dropping new supersonic plane could get from London to New York in 80 minutes. The Hyper Sting concept would travel at 2,486mph – almost twice that of Concorde. Spanish designer Oscar Viñals says 170 passengers could enjoy travel at over three times the speed of sound. He explains that a Mach 3.5 capability would be thanks to innovative systems like a so-far theoretical cold fusion nuclear reactor. This would power two ramjet engines and four next gen hybrid turbojets. At 328ft, the Hyper Sting would be over a 100ft longer than Concorde, and have a wider wingspan of 169ft (Concorde 85ft). Oscar explains: “Concorde was a brilliant piece of machinery, a noble experiment, but it put too much emissions in the…
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