A new plane design could mean that flights between London and New York take just 80 minutes in coming decades.
The 328ft-long Hyper Sting supersonic plane could hold up between 130-170 passengers and in theory it could reach a maximum speed of 2,664 mph.
For context, Concorde reached speeds of up to 1,354 mph.
Spanish designer Oscar Viñals is behind the design, which he says could travel at up to three times the speed of sound, reports the Daily Star.
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.
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