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Supersonic airliner could fly LA to Tokyo in under three hours

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/a...jet/index.html

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- The Aerion AS3 is a Mach 4+ commercial airliner, revealed Monday, that its manufacturers say will be able to carry 50 passengers at a range of 7,000 nautical miles. "Our vision is to build a future where humanity can travel between any two points on our planet within three hours. Supersonic flight is the starting point, but it is just that -- the beginning," said Aerion's chairman, president and CEO, Tom Vice, in a statement. "We must push the boundaries of what is possible." --- Earlier this year Aerion expanded its ongoing partnership with NASA's Langley Research Center, with a specific focus on commercial flight in the Mach 3-5 range. To put that in layperson's terms, that's 2,300 to 3,800 miles per hour, or 3,700 to 6,200 kph -- or up to seven times as fast as a regular long-distance passenger plane.

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