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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Helen Coffey

London-New York in 3.5 hours on new supersonic plane with ‘gull wings’

Boom Supersonic

The latest designs for a supersonic jet with “gull wings”, which would enable flights between London and New York in 3.5 hours, have just been unveiled.

The Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft, which will travel at speeds of 2,100km/h (Mach 1.7) – a similar speed to Concorde – has been through 51 design iterations since work began on the project in 2017.

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