Airbus wins patent for a Hypersonic plane 4.5 speed of sound

Airbus’s Concord 2.0 jet, has won a patent for a hypersonic passenger plane which could be capable of flying four and half times the speed of sound and potentially fly from London to New York in an hour, the same time  as a train journey from London to Sunny Sand beaches , Flokstone in Kent.

The European aerospace Airbus has filed patents for a new supersonic jet capable of reaching four times the speed of sound or 2500mph, documents lodged with the US Patent Office refer to an “ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method for aerial locomotion”.

Airbus says the Aircraft would exclusively for business travel and VIP passengers who require transcontinental return journeys within one day.  A document lodged with the US patent office describes Concorde Mark2 as an “Ultra-rapid air vehicle”. It would take off almost vertically, like a space shuttle and cruise at more than 100, 000 ft carrying 20 passengers for distance of upto 5,500miles. The aircraft would re-enter normal air space as it approaches its destination prior to landing.

The original Concorde also built by Airbus  flew at 1350 mph more than twice the speed of sound at an altitude of 60,000 ft and carried up to 120 passengers. One of drawbacks of the original concorde was the amount of noise it made when breaking the sound barrier.

But  new aircraft’s aerodynamics will limit he sonic boom and make it more acceptable

According to the documents, the jet would reach speeds as high as Mach 4.5 (3,425 mph, 5,512kmph), or four-and-a-half times the speed of sound, which compares to Mach 2 for Concorde and altitude of 100- 114, 000 feet (30-35,000 meters) carrying maximum of 20 passengers.

The patent application says that the aeroplane 52.9 meters long, would use a variety of engines that would serve different purposes and power would come from hydrogen stored onboard.

Two turbojets under the fuselage and a rocket motor in the rear would be used during take-off and would lift off vertically like a Space Shuttle.

Once launched, the turbojets would be shut down and retracted and the rocket motor would then kick in to climb to an altitude of more than 100,000 feet.

PatentYogi, a website devoted to explaining patent ideas, said the flight path of the jet would make it the “highest rollercoaster ride in the world”.

The jet would come with hammock-like seats for passengers to sit in – necessary if they wanted to travel in comfort.

The patent application describes it as more of a private jet carrying just 20 passengers at a time.

The idea would used for commercial flights and military applications for the jet.