2. Twice as fast as Concorde: The supersonic jet that will fly from London to New York in TWO HOURS. Plans for the 20-seat craft were unveiled at the Paris Air Show in June, 2011. Details have been unveiled for the HyperMach SonicStar, a business jet which will be capable of a top speed of 2,664 mph - twice as fast as Concorde. It will fly at a height allowing passengers to see the curvature of the earth. HyperMach chief executive Richard Lugg wants the plane in the skies within ten years and has already secured funding from the British Department of Trade and Industry, which has agreed to support the company in Britain. Visiting the Paris Air Show, Mr Lugg said: “We have access to revolutionary engine technology and a unique very high speed aircraft design to make this kind of earth-shatteringly fast air travel possible and we have a date. Our Plan is to build and fly the world 's first very high speed supersonic hybrid aircraft by June 2021.” Twice as fast as Concorde: The supersonic jet that will fly from London to New York in TWO HOURS. Plans for the 20-seat craft were unveiled at the Paris Air Show in June, 2011. Details have been unveiled for the HyperMach SonicStar, a business jet which will be capable of a top speed of 2,664 mph - twice as fast as Concorde. It will fly at a height allowing passengers to see the curvature of the earth. HyperMach chief executive Richard Lugg wants the plane in the skies within ten years and has already secured funding from the British Department of Trade and Industry, which has agreed to support the company in Britain. Visiting the Paris Air Show, Mr Lugg said: “We have access to revolutionary engine technology and a unique very high speed aircraft design to make this kind of earth-shatteringly fast air travel possible and we have a date. Our Plan is to build and fly the world 's first very high speed supersonic hybrid aircraft by June 2021.”

3. It will be able to cruise at Mach 3.1, a speed made possible by S-MAGJET hybrid gas turbine engine technology. Nobody has ever travelled that fast before. Its top speed, however, will be Mach 3.6. With relatively low fuel consumption, the Sonic Star 'overcomes the economic and environmental challenges of Supersonic flight to revolutionise the way we travel and drive air transportation forward into the future,' claims HyperMach. By using electromagnetic currents across the fuselage to suppress the sonic boom, the plane is able to overcome the noise regulations that constrict supersonic travel. It is estimated that a range of 6,000 nautical miles will be possible with its two 54,700 lb. Thrust class S-MAGJET engines - That will be optimised to fly the aircraft at 62,000 ft.

4. But it is the reduction in jet engine emissions that HyperMach believes will prove the secret of SonicStar 's success. Tomorrow's world: HyperMach plans to build its SonicStar engine by the end of the decade and to have the plane itself constructed by 2025. A spokesman said: 'The engine is a true hybrid. It generates massive electrical power on board using proprietary integrated turbine electro- magnetic generation technology to segment each engine rotating component stage electrically. 'Every stage from bypass fans to compressor to turbine rotates independently of the other.’ This segmentation will enable the engine to change the operating speeds of its rotating components continually throughout the flight to respond to the changing conditions of the atmosphere and the flight and performance demands of the aircraft. The HyperMach claims that this, along with the S- MAGJET plasma fuel combustion technology, will result in a 40 to 50 percent increase in the ability of engine to convert fuel to thrust. The company said such fuel efficiency would ultimately lead to a 30 to 35 per cent reduction in fuel used at supersonic speeds. But it is the reduction in jet engine emissions that HyperMach believes will prove the secret of SonicStar 's success. Tomorrow's world: HyperMach plans to build its SonicStar engine by the end of the decade and to have the plane itself constructed by 2025. A spokesman said: 'The engine is a true hybrid. It generates massive electrical power on board using proprietary integrated turbine electro- magnetic generation technology to segment each engine rotating component stage electrically. 'Every stage from bypass fans to compressor to turbine rotates independently of the other.’ This segmentation will enable the engine to change the operating speeds of its rotating components continually throughout the flight to respond to the changing conditions of the atmosphere and the flight and performance demands of the aircraft. The HyperMach claims that this, along with the S- MAGJET plasma fuel combustion technology, will result in a 40 to 50 percent increase in the ability of engine to convert fuel to thrust. The company said such fuel efficiency would ultimately lead to a 30 to 35 per cent reduction in fuel used at supersonic speeds.

5. Long-range cruise speed - Mach 3.1 High-speed cruise speed - Mach 3.4 Engines - Two SonicBlue S-MAGJET Hybrid Supersonic 4000-X Series Thrust - Flat-rated to 54,700 lb Wing area - 1,800 square feet Landing distance - 4,800 ft Range - 6,000 nautical miles Highest Altitude - 62,000 ft Cabin Length - 64 meters Height at maximum - 2.6 meters Width at maximum - 2.7 meters

6. Other supersonic story links: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/20/uk-airshow-hypersonic- idUKLNE75J01G20110620 http://blogs.reuters.com/business-traveller/2011/09/08/can-the-supersonic- bird-ever-fly-again/ http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/technology/1203/gallery.coolest-tech- 2015/6.html http://www.ainonline.com/social-tags/supersonic-transport