Airbus has patented a jet that could fly from London to New York in one hour

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A new hypersonic aircraft patented by Airbus could cut the journey time between London and New York to just one hour.



The application to patent an "ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method of aerial locomotion" was approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office last month - just over four years after it was filed.


The invention involves turbojets and ramjets - a type of jet engine - and a rocket motor.


The French aircraft maker hopes it will be able to move at twice the speed of Concorde, which cruised at 1350 miles per hour before it was retired in 2003.


Airbus' proposed design could therefore shave two and a half hours off Concorde's journey time between London and New York, according to Business Insider.

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