The nuclear-powered ‘Hyper Sting’ could whisk travelers from London to New York in 80 minutes

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.

Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free biweekly Aviation newsletter.

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 almost twice the size.