Imagine flying from London to New York for a lunch meeting, and being home again in time for tea.
Well, that could soon become a reality for transatlantic business travelers if one aviation designer gets his way. Don’t pack your bags just yet, though.
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Spanish designer Oscar Viñals claims his latest invention could spirit passengers across the Atlantic at three times the speed of sound, making a trip from Britain’s capital to the Big Apple in less than 80 minutes flat.
The theatrically named “Hyper Sting” would not only be twice as fast as London-to-New York record-holder Concorde — which managed the route in two hours and 53 minutes — but it would also be…
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