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Ultra luxury plane with 'no wings' brings Sci-fi to life & can fly from London to New York in less than 5 hours

A FUTURISTIC jet capable of travelling at hypersonic speeds is in the making - and it could fly from London to New York City in just 90 minutes.

The company has been heavily focused on developing a one-of-a-kind jet engine to help their ambitious plane take off. Hermeus plans to use the turbojet part of the engine when the aircraft is at subsonic speeds, especially while taking off and landing. AJ Piplica, CEO of Hermeus, said: "The turbojet portion and the ramjet portion by themselves are mature technologies that we’ve been using for 50 years.

 

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