Hypersonic Airliner concept who cross Atlantic in Just 40 Minutes
Sketched out by Canadian engineer and inventor, Charles Bombardier, this concept hypersonic airliner can theoretically cross the pond in just over 40 minutes! In chronological ascending order, we have the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 in which Charles Lindbergh took 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds to cross the Atlantic ocean. Direct flights on large jets today last around six and a half hours. The (now defunct) supersonic Concorde could do it in three and a half hours. Finally, the Bombardiers Skreemr can achieve this feat in less than an hour.
Combining three fast technologies: rockets, scramjets, and magnetic rails, this airliner is headed for the win. First, the plane would accelerate along a special runway, much like this sled is hurtled from an aircraft carrier into the sea by an electromagnetic catapult. This was the magnetic rails part. Then, the rockets would get to work and boost the acceleration. The Scramjets would kick in once the supersonic speed is attained to further accelerate this jet to four times the speed of sound.
The goal with a capacity of 75 passengers is to use clean electricity for the magnetic rails and hydrogen fuel cells for the plane itself, as befits a largely hypothetical craft. Bombardier says, “the Skreemr concept aims to ignite your imagination around this idea.”
While such similar designs are expected to come up in the future, the airliner still has at least a century to see reality.
Sketched out by Canadian engineer and inventor, Charles Bombardier, this concept hypersonic airliner can theoretically cross the pond in just over 40 minutes! In chronological ascending order, we have the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 in which Charles Lindbergh took 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds to cross the Atlantic ocean. Direct flights on large jets today last around six and a half hours. The (now defunct) supersonic Concorde could do it in three and a half hours. Finally, the Bombardiers Skreemr can achieve this feat in less than an hour.
Combining three fast technologies: rockets, scramjets, and magnetic rails, this airliner is headed for the win. First, the plane would accelerate along a special runway, much like this sled is hurtled from an aircraft carrier into the sea by an electromagnetic catapult. This was the magnetic rails part. Then, the rockets would get to work and boost the acceleration. The Scramjets would kick in once the supersonic speed is attained to further accelerate this jet to four times the speed of sound.
The goal with a capacity of 75 passengers is to use clean electricity for the magnetic rails and hydrogen fuel cells for the plane itself, as befits a largely hypothetical craft. Bombardier says, “the Skreemr concept aims to ignite your imagination around this idea.”
While such similar designs are expected to come up in the future, the airliner still has at least a century to see reality.
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