London To Tokyo in Under Three Hours

[Mulboyne]

NZHerald: 'Hypersonic' jet - London to Tokyo in under 3 hours
Here is a glimpse of the future. By 2050, seaweed-powered space-liners will fly from London to Tokyo in two-and-a-half hours, at a cruising altitude of 20 miles and generating no significant pollution. This is not the speculative vision of a latter-day Jules Verne but the confident prediction of the Airbus parent company, EADS, which will unveil its plans for a hypersonic, stratospheric airliner, the Zehst, at the Le Bourget airshow near Paris today. The Zehst - or "Zero emission hypersonic transportation" - will fly twice as fast and twice as high as Concorde, if joint European and Japanese development plans come to fruition...The Zehst, which resembles a lightweight version of the US Space Shuttle, would carry up to 100 passengers at speeds of up to 4,800kph...more...

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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I want my flying car first...even a hoverboard would be nice in this day and age...

[GomiGirl]

Mulby - then perhaps you could stop by for lunch every now and then.

I haven't seen you in forever. Have you shunned me since I stopped smoking and drinking?

[Bucky]

In the late 80's we translated into Japanese a number of survey's for Boeing. They were surveying Japanese passengers on trans-Pacific flights about how much they would be willing to pay for faster travel times in a hyper-sonic aircraft. I believe that the survey found that passengers, at that time, were not ready to pay more for the shorter travel time.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

In the late 80's we translated into Japanese a number of survey's for Boeing. They were surveying Japanese passengers on trans-Pacific flights about how much they would be willing to pay for faster travel times in a hyper-sonic aircraft. I believe that the survey found that passengers, at that time, were not ready to pay more for the shorter travel time.

i would pay for it. after 7 years of the 24 hour commute each way, i would gladly pay to cut that number down.

[cujojpn]

Inflation Adjusted flight from London to Tokyo in 2050: $5,046.55
That think will raise the cost seven fold.

[Taro Toporific]

i would pay for it. after 7 years of the 24 hour commute each way, i would gladly pay ...

The actual air time is only half the time for your commute. If you did not go back three times for additional anal probes at airport security, you could greatly reduce your travel time.

[Greji]

Mulby - then perhaps you could stop by for lunch every now and then.

Won't work, he gets air sick. He only takes the ferry from Liverpool to Yokohama...

since I stopped smoking and drinking?

That's why you got preggers....