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Virgin Galactic reveals plans for supersonic aircraft

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Virgin Galactic announced that they would be collaborating with Rolls-Royce in designing and building Mach 3, a supersonic commercial aircraft. The aircraft is set to be an innovative delta-wing with a capacity to carry between nine to 19 people and at an altitude of 60,000 feet and above. Virgin Galactic’s statement reads that the design aims to utilize “state-of-the-art sustainable aviation fuel.” (www.aerotime.aero) More...

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ghstark
Greg S 4
Looks cool, and a great way for billionaires to get to and from climate change conferences.
Rsowder
Randy Sowder 2
Considering how long it's taking them to get their spaceship certified, I'd say we'll see this plane by 2050.
DSHartje
Dwight Hartje 1
When is this project ever going to get finished? They keep changing their goals and what they are doing every couple of years.
davidfairchild53
So it will basically be a small private business size craft. Where are plans for a craft that could be viably commercial, like the Concorde?

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