Why a Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work

TR Number

Date

2021-10-16

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

CNN Travel

Abstract

Hermeus is an American startup building a hypersonic passenger plane capable of traveling at Mach 5 which would allow for a flight time of 90 minutes from New York to London. Although the use of hypersonic travel would not be possible over land masses due to sonic booms, it would be beneficial in the transatlantic market.

Description

Keywords

Hermeus, Hypersonic passenger flight, Concorde, SR-71 Blackbird, NASA X-43A, Mach 5, United Airlines

Citation