80 minutes from New York to London? New concept nuclear-powered airliner carrying 170 passengers at three times the speed of sound

The “Super Spur” new concept airliner is powered by a cold fusion nuclear reactor.

Vinales reportedly envisioned a new concept airliner called the Hyper Sting, powered by a cold fusion nuclear reactor, carrying 170 passengers and traveling at speeds more than three times the speed of sound, or 2,486 mph The flight, almost twice that of the Concorde, takes only 80 minutes to fly from New York in the United States to London in the United Kingdom.

The cold fusion nuclear reactor is currently only a theoretical concept, but the innovative system will achieve Mach 3.5 capability, which will power two ramjets and four next-generation hybrid turbojets, Vinales said.

The Super Spur will be much larger than the Concorde.

The Super Spur will be much larger than the Concorde, measuring 328 feet in length and more than 100 feet longer than the Concorde, with a wingspan of 169 feet compared to the Concorde’s 85 feet.

Vinales said the Concorde was outstanding, but it added too much emissions to the environment, it brought too much noise and was too expensive to operate.

The name “Super Spur” comes from the shape of this new concept airliner. Vinales said the fuselage of the airliner is like a “super thorn” with a very sharp “nose” that will have the ability to control the airflow (pressure/velocity) in the front in order to redistribute it to the central section and the plane on the wing.

Vinales knew that making the new concept airliner a reality would first require some progress in technology.

Supersonic flight will return, but in this case, with some very innovative systems, like cold fusion reactors, likely production dates beyond 2030, and not cheap, he said.