Airbus presents concept for Mach 4 passenger plane

[Yukon0009]

Did Airbus intend for Jeb to take command of this thing?

More seriously, how do they expect this thing to make money?

[Nibb31]

My guess is that they plan to use sales to super rich to cover the fixed cost then sell more for rental.

No they don't.

Typical publicity\money grab.

No, typical bad journalism.

Did Airbus intend for Jeb to take command of this thing?

More seriously, how do they expect this thing to make money?

They don't.

Note how its a patent, not a build announcement. They're not going to build one, they're just locking down the patent.

This.

[StarStreak2109]

http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/news-media/media~item=73513c54-cf52-4518-9a64-68ecb3b51da4~ref=115a39ff-1cc0-42b9-92db-5033dc67699b~.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h1PE7StoDE

[RainDreamer]

These jets will probably has more security requirements than others... That huge fuel tank and flying at mach 4...it would be similar to flying a missile, and anything it hit will suffer a lot of damage.

[Nibb31]

There hasn't been any news about the Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport for years. It was probably just a low-budget trade study with no real intentions to go any further.

[More Boosters]

While the first ten rides would be thrilling, this makes no economical sense and more importantly it doesn't really solve any important problems. I would rather if development budgets went to making all classes more comfortable, the overall flight even more secure and failproof especially as a result of human error and shorter time between landing and the next departure.

I fly often and I realized in most cases I spend at least half as much time at the airport as I do on the flight. When going abroad this doesn't apply but you still jump through a lot of hoops.

[YNM]

Are they testing Vulcain II + 2x HM7B on an AIRCRAFT ??!?

Welp, scrap Ariane 6, let's jump to SSTO rocket-craft w00t