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Transcontinental flights in 3 hours

Globalisation makes long-distance travel a daily occurrence. This means that vehicle manufacturers are focused on increasing speed. In particular, civil aviation breaks all records: in 2050, a New York - Tokyo flight aboard a supersonic aircraft will take three hours. This airliner is completely devoid of windows and has disproportionately small wings shifted to the rear - yet, it covers the skies at extreme speeds.

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Zolen There is a reason why air travel has not sped up in the last 20 or more years. It's because of noise pollution and fuel consumption. It would be totally possible to make a supersonic aircraft at this time, it's just not financially viable, and because city or town would want such a loud plane flying over them, it would have to fly very convoluted paths that would make the speeds it can travel largely pointless.
02 Jul 2020
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