The World's fastest jet: New York to Sydney in 5 hours

PARIS: Plans have been unveiled for the Hypermach SonicStar, a business jet which will be capable of a top speed of 2,664 mph, making it twice as fast as Concorde. The jet will fly at 62,000ft allowing passengers to see the curvature of the earth. Hypermach claims its SonicStar aircraft will be so quick that travelling from London to New York will take just two hours. A trip from New York to Sydney which takes 20 hours on a commercial airliner will take just 5 hours on the SonicStar.



Hypermach chief executive Richard Lugg wants the plane in the skies within ten years and has already secured funding from the Department of Trade and Industry, which has agreed to support the company in Britain.