SonicStar is a supersonic

Supersonic

Supersonic speed is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound . For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C this speed is approximately 343 m/s, 1,125 ft/s, 768 mph or 1,235 km/h. Speeds greater than five times the speed of sound are often...

 passenger airliner

Airliner

An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers in commercial...

 project envisaged by HyperMach CEO Richard Lugg.

Lugg said at the 2011 Paris Air Show

Paris Air Show

The Paris Air Show is the world's oldest and largest air show. Established in 1909, it is currently held every odd year at Le Bourget Airport in north Paris, France...

 he plans to get the plane airborne by June 2021. It would reach speeds of up to Mach 3.6 and fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,300 m). The propulsion is projected to be 30% more fuel efficient than the Rolls Royce 593 Engine in the Concorde

Concorde

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...

. The SonicStar would fly at twice the speed of the Concorde. It is planned to be powered by two 54,700 thrust SonicBlue S-MAGJET (Supersonic-Magnetic Advanced Generation Jet Electric Turbine) hybrid supersonic 4000-X series engines. Any sonic boom

Sonic boom

A sonic boom is the sound associated with the shock waves created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion...

 is planned to be avoided through electromagnetic drag reduction technology, eliminating the infamous hallmark of the Concorde predecessor.

The SonicStar would carry ten to twenty passengers in "VVIP luxury accommodation."

See also

• Supercruise
  Supercruise
  Supercruise is sustained supersonic flight of an aircraft with a useful cargo, passenger, or weapons load performed efficiently and without the use of afterburners ....
  
  
• Orient Express X-30 follow-on
• Boeing Sonic Cruiser
  Boeing Sonic Cruiser
  |-References:*Haenggi, Michael. "The Sonic Future?". Boeing Widebodies. MBI, 2003. ISBN 0-7603-0842-X.-External links:* * * * . Seattle PI, November 4, 2001* . Flight International, January 7, 2003*...
  
  
• Concorde
  Concorde
  Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...
  
  
• Aerion SBJ
  Aerion SBJ
  |-See also:-External links:* * * Aviation Week & Space Technology* *...
  
  

External links

• Darren Quick: HyperMach unveils SonicStar supersonic business jet concept. Gizmag.com, June 20, 2011

• Liz Moscrop: Hypersonic Hyperbole. Aviation International News, June 21, 2011.