London To New York In Just 90 Min? Nasa's Special Supersonic Aircraft To Reduce Flight Duration: Report

(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Soon, the air distance between London to New York will reduced from eight hours to only 90 minutes. According to CNN Travel's report,Space agency Nhas confirmed about“high-speed strategy” which will shrink the duration of New York-London flights to as little as 90 minutes.Nis developing a supersonic aircraft, called X-59s, as part of its Quesst mission. Currently, passenger planescruise at 600 mph but Nis exploring the possibility of designing a commercially viable and economical supersonic jet that would travel between Mach 2 and Mach 4 (1,535-3,045 mph).Nhas recently studied whether commercial flights at up to Mach 4 – over 3,000 miles per hour – could take off in the future.The study by NASA's Glenn Research Center suggested said there are“potential passenger markets... in about 50 established routes.” Such routes include transoceanic ones because nations including theban overland supersonic flight. Theand other countries have banned the flying of supersonic jets over land due to sound pollution. However, Nis trying to get the overland supersonic flight rules changed by achieving two important goals.NASA's QUESST MISSIONFollowing the studies, NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAV) will now move to its next research phase for high-speed travel.Under the Quesst mission, Nis developing an X-59 supersonic aircraft having technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom from a supersonic jet. They aim to then convince for the change in overland supersonic flight rules.The space agency will be contracting companies to develop designs and make Mach 2-ptravel a reality. The research team will be divided into two parts, one will be headed by Boeing and the other by Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems.The new phase will also consider“safety, efficiency, economic and societal considerations,” said Mary Jo Long-Davis, manager of NASA's Hypersonic Technology Project told CNN Travel.Last month, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA's X-59 test aircraft. As per the report, the ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year.

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