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'Son of Concorde' jet that takes you from New York to London in 90 minutes set to make first flight

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Published 17:19 24 Nov 2023 GMT

'Son of Concorde' jet that takes you from New York to London in 90 minutes set to make first flight

The NASA aircraft is in its final stages of assessment

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

Featured Image Credit: NASA

Topics: Space, Travel, New York, NASA

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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Holiday-makers will be delighted to know that travel between the US and the UK is about to get a whole lot faster.

Whilst it'll still take at least 11 hours to travel to the likes of Los Angeles and Vegas, for those hoping to check out east coast hotspots like New York, Boston or Florida, you'll soon be able to land from London within a matter of hours.

Whilst it usually takes a minimum of eight hours to leave the UK and land in New York, a brand new 'son of Concorde' could get you there within 90 minutes.

Yes, you read that right! You could actually take off from the runways of the Big Smoke and land on the tarmac in the 'Big Apple' within an hour and a half.

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By using a 'supersonic pump', engineers working on NASA's X-59 passenger plane hope to transport travellers faster than the speed of sound.

In fact, they're hoping that the new aircraft will fly almost twice as fast as Concorde.

The new aircraft's paint is not just cosmetic.
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According to the space agency, the plane has now been moved from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in California - where he was being worked on - for its maiden voyage.

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As well as looking the part - a brilliant white jet, fronted with a sea blue nose cone with red stripes along the wings - the vehicle's paint is purposed to giving it vital protection as it flies through the skies at a speed of up to a staggering 925mph.

"The X-59’s paint scheme will include a mainly white body, a NASA 'sonic blue', underside, and red accents on the wings," the aerospace firm previously said in a statement.

"The paint doesn’t just add cosmetic value. It also serves a purpose – the paint helps to protect the aircraft from moisture and corrosion and includes key safety markings to assist with ground and flight operations."

The aircraft will travel from London to New York in 90 minutes.
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The team are set to take their final weight and shape measurements over the next few weeks, so as to make sure no further improvements need to be made.

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They are also hoping to reduce the sound of the typical sonic boom to a sonic thump, which would in turn minimise the noise disruption to people on the ground.

NASA claimed back in August that potential passenger markets in up to 50 routes between cities had already been identified.

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