I'd thought I'd commented over the last two years on supersonic commercial craft; but apparently, not. So! today is as good a day as any to check in. Today, The Sun is promising (at least) two of these craft. These, via the same press flack, one Oscar Viñals.
The two in question are promising Mach 1.5 which isn't as fast as the Overture (X-59, to NASA), what United Air had ordered up. Viñals' advantage is that they fit more d00dz. The Hyper Sting last year (which I skipped) was promising 170 of us. Sky OV - today's news - promises 300. And then there's some other stuff he promised last year like a concept which would become a ramjet over the Atlantic and fit 500. Being an Oscar he's calling it - sigh - Big Bird.
Putting more people onto a craft at once does, indeed, cut costs on fuel in addition - obviously - to saving everyone's time.
I must however ask about where all the luggage goes. Like: you're in London, and you brought your handbag. That'll work for the corporate suite, who might want back to New York in time for the mayor's turkey roast. What about tourists? Should they run back to Heathrow to pick up their luggage? Is it forwarded on, by - I dunno - Amazon?
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