Charles Bombardier has done it again. The engineer just released concept designs for yet another supersonic aircraft: Antipode.
The plane has been conceptualized to carry as many as 10 passengers up to 12,430 miles in under an hour, reaching speeds as high as 16,000 miles per hour.
If you can imagine, the world’s fastest car clocked in at about 270 miles per hour.
At 16,000, or Mach 24, which is a little over 18,000, Antipode is estimated to be capable of traveling from London to New York in just 11 minutes, a flight that currently takes about 8 hours.
Antipode comes on the heels of Bombardier’s November 2015 aircraft concept: the Skreemr, which promised to travel at Mach 10 speeds … but was rife with design flaws.
Following Skreemr’s announcement, Bombardier was confronted with sonic boom and heating issues that would render the concept nonfunctional.
Antipode is Bombardier’s response to Skreemr’s flaws. But if you’re looking to catch a ride anytime soon, don’t hold your breath.
The aircraft is years away from fruition as most of the technology required to make it functional has yet to be developed.
But now that the DeLorean might be back in production, you might not even need a Mach 24 aircraft.
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