Supersonic Planes Might Soon Reach to Any Point On Earth in 2 Hours

Nearly 20 years after the final flight of Concorde, the world’s first supersonic commercial airliner, the aviation industry is about to enter an era of very fast air travel. American space agency NASA’s experimental supersonic aircraft, X-59 is ready for its first test flight. However, its size and speed are less compared to Concorde.

Its top speed is about 1,500 kilometers per hour and this will reduce the travel time between New York and London to about three hours 30 minutes. A published by Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Research It has been reported that by 2033 the flight from London to Sydney will take only two hours. The current duration of this flight is approximately 22 hours. Suborbital flights are being used by billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. rockets Is similar to. These flights operate at a speed of approximately 5,632 kilometers per hour.

For example, a flight from New York to Shanghai could take only 39 minutes instead of the current 15 hours. Apart from this, travel from New York to London can be done in less than an hour. The X-59 also has Quiet Supersonic Technology, which can convert the sonic boom created by breaking the sound barrier into a sonic thump.

According to NASA, “This allows the aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound. The X-59’s shape prevents shockwaves from coalescing, instead of the sonic boom produced by other supersonic aircraft A slight sonic thump is formed.” After this aircraft is fully assembled, it will be approximately 30.5 meters long and its wings will be approximately 9 meters wide. Its height will be approximately 4.25 meters. It will be able to reach a height of about 55,000 feet. However, it may take several years for its commercial flights to start. In the last few years, companies related to space travel like Blue Origin have made significant improvements in the technology of making rockets. The possibility of using this technology in commercial flights is also being explored.