This British Aerospace plane, still on the drawing board, might someday be capable of putting the Concorde in the shade by reducing the trip from London to Sydney to 1hr 7min. Called Hotol (horizontal take off and landing), the skyliner will combine an advanced propulsion and aerodynamic technique enabling the craft to take off without jettisoning expensive rocket engines, as with N.A.S.A.’s space shuttle. Minutes after leaving any conventional airport, Hotol blasts into space where it travels in orbit at a speed in excess of Mach 25.
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Press, 19 April 1986, Page 6
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87This British Aerospace plane, still on the drawing board, might someday be capable of putting the Concorde in the shade by reducing the trip from London to Sydney to 1hr 7min. Called Hotol (horizontal take off and landing), the skyliner will combine an advanced propulsion and aerodynamic technique enabling the craft to take off without jettisoning expensive rocket engines, as with N.A.S.A.’s space shuttle. Minutes after leaving any conventional airport, Hotol blasts into space where it travels in orbit at a speed in excess of Mach 25. Press, 19 April 1986, Page 6
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