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A2 Hypersonic passenger jet

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Images: created by Adrian Mann : Courtesy: http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/

A British firm based in Oxford has released plans for a hypersonic passenger airplane that they claim will be able to travel at speeds up to Mach 5. The craft, called the A2, will have a range of 20,000 km (12427.42 miles). Reaction Engines told the press [...]

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Virgin unveils Space Ship Two

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Virgin have unveiled the new Space Ship Two, and isn’t it gorgeous! Nice design. Burt Rutan’s influence can clearly be seen, I’ve always liked the way he designed his planes, having little or no regard for convention - brilliant stuff.
“2008 really will be the Year of the Spaceship.” — Richard Branson.
At the NYC Unveiling Event [...]

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