Spike Aerospace S-512 Super Sonic Business Jet
Spike Aerospace S-512 will claim the title of world's first supersonic business jet that will be able to attain a speed of Mach 1.6 while Mach 1.8 will be its top speed. The S-512 comes with a capacity of 18 passengers and a price tag of $60-80 million. According to Spike, the speed (Mach 1.6-1.
means that this beauty of an airplane will be able to make the flight from New York to London in 3-4 hours as compared to the current flight time of 6-7 hours and the Los Angeles to Tokyo flight in 8 hours which currently takes about 14-16 hours.
Spike is confident to give us this much; it will have a maximum range of 4,000 nautical miles, a length of 40 meters, wingspan being 18 meters and the cabin will measure 12 meters in length, 2 meters in height and 1.89 meters wide.
For now, the problem lies with the sonic boom, that has been the main reason why the market got limited for the Concorde. Even Spike team has confessed that bringing the sonic boom down to the level where FAA accepts is going to be one major challenge. However, they are confident that they can overcome it and start the deliveries of this magnificent plane in December 2018. Fingers crossed!
