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Chinese plane designed to travel twice as fast as Concorde completes test flight (www.scmp.com)

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[–] hotspur@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Per the article the prototype was flow at around 20,000m and they’re specifically going up there for the efficiency reason. The design also has a “high lift-to-drag ratio” that is apparently helping out.

This one has some more detail, no way to confirm its veracity however. https://theasialive.com/chinas-yunxing-jet-completes-test-flight-eyes-supersonic-commercial-travel-by-2027/2024/10/29

It could all be marketing hype, but there are a couple other companies in US and UK working on similar projects.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I don't think it's an intractable problem overall. I think it'll be interesting to see if they can make it work.