Industrial designer Charles Bombardier has come up with a new concept plane called the Antipode. Using rocket boosters, a scramjet and an aerodynamic technique called long penetration mode, it could theoretically fly from London to New York in 11 minutes.
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Detachable cabin —
Ukrainian inventor Vladimir Tatarenko has come up with a concept for a plane with a cabin that can eject itself in the event of an aviation emergency. Some experts questions whether it's viable.
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SpaceLiner —
SART researchers at the Institute of Space Systems in Bremen, Germany, unveiled their SpaceLiner concept last year. This hypersonic jet could potentially travel from London to Melbourne in 90 minutes.
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Skreemr —
The Skreemr concept design sparked debate in 2015. Its designers claim that it could travel at speeds as fast as Mach 10, reaching New York from London in 30 minutes.
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Self-healing planes —
Last year, a team from Bristol University in England developed technology that could repair cracks on an aircraft in a similar way that human skin heals. The researchers say it could be introduced in five to ten years.
