Quiet Supersonic Transport - Fasten Your Seat Belts
Some days before I introduced you the first Aircraft from the Honda called HondaJet. Here now I am going to unveil the super fast aircraft from Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI), called Quiet Supersonic Transport (QSST). Designed to cruise at an altitude of 60,000 feet at speeds of Mach 1.6 to 1.8 (approximately 1,218 to 1,370 statute miles per hour) with a range of 4,600 statute miles, the two-engine gull-wing aircraft is designed to create a sonic boom only 1% as strong as that generated by the Concorde.
This 12-seat business jet aircraft with two engines from General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce. As expected engines will be selected in 2010, first flight will be held in 2014, and aircraft can be bought in 2016. Price for such luxury will be about $80 million.
