Today in the Trinity Universe: Taking flight

[aberrantangels]

In OTL, they've been trying to achieve this goal for over 20 years.

February 29
[Aberrant] The Boeing Aerospace Company unveils the first civilian hypersonic jet.

According to the Seattle Times' Jeff Skagen, the 797's top speed is Mach 20, putting any point on Earth just 45 minutes away from any other point.

Comments

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Considering that it takes 90 minutes for the Space Shuttle to make one orbit of the Earth- without accelerating or decelerating- that is, indeed, pretty damn impressive.

And probably pretty damn wasteful of fuel, too.